Claudio Berretti

GM, Executive Officer of Financial Reporting and Executive Director

Matteo Biscaglia

Investment Manager

Alessandra Gritti

Vice Chairperson, CEO and MD

Past deals in Italy

Limonta

Venture Round in 2021
Manufacturer of textile fabrics based in Costa Masnaga, Italy. The company offers clothing, accessories, footwear and furnishing along with weaving, textile ennoblement, coating and resin coating.

Dovevivo

Venture Round in 2021
Today, they manage a portfolio of about 950 homes in 5 towns through a network of more than 350 owners and investors to whom they offer a property management and assessment service which maximises the long-term profit, reducing risks and costs to the minimum. Their end clients form a community of more than 4,000 tenants who consider DoveVivo a reference point for living in the city, enabling them to concentrate on their studies and work.

Buzzoole

Series B in 2020
Buzzoole S.r.l. is an influencer marketing platform based in Naples, Italy, founded in 2013. The company provides brands with a technology-driven solution to identify social media influencers and advocates, facilitating the automation of engagement through special offers and exclusive events. Buzzoole's platform analyzes online conversations across various social media channels to categorize topics and identify influencers' strengths using its proprietary algorithm. This enables brands to reach niche markets efficiently. Operating on a Cost-Per-Post model, Buzzoole offers scalable solutions for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to save significantly compared to traditional agency partnerships. The platform emphasizes transparency, enabling brands to monitor spending, campaign participants, and return on investment effectively.

Buzzoole

Venture Round in 2019
Buzzoole S.r.l. is an influencer marketing platform based in Naples, Italy, founded in 2013. The company provides brands with a technology-driven solution to identify social media influencers and advocates, facilitating the automation of engagement through special offers and exclusive events. Buzzoole's platform analyzes online conversations across various social media channels to categorize topics and identify influencers' strengths using its proprietary algorithm. This enables brands to reach niche markets efficiently. Operating on a Cost-Per-Post model, Buzzoole offers scalable solutions for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to save significantly compared to traditional agency partnerships. The platform emphasizes transparency, enabling brands to monitor spending, campaign participants, and return on investment effectively.

Elica

Post in 2019
Elica has revolutionized the image of the kitchen hood from a simple electrical appliance into a unique design object that improves air quality in the home.

S.E.S.A. Spa

Post in 2019
S.E.S.A. Spa is an Italian company providing IT solutions to corporations throughout the world.

Bending Spoons

Secondary Market in 2019
Bending Spoons is a technology company based in Milan, Italy, that specializes in developing and marketing mobile applications. Founded in 2013, the company has quickly gained traction, achieving tens of millions of downloads and maintaining a substantial user base. Bending Spoons focuses on creating applications that are both functional and visually appealing, utilizing advanced proprietary technologies and artificial intelligence for features such as video editing and image enhancement. The team comprises talented and ambitious professionals, including software engineers, data scientists, and graphic designers, many of whom have backgrounds with prestigious organizations. The company supports flexible working arrangements and is committed to building a strong team to drive its ambition of becoming a leading app developer and publisher globally.

Talent garden

Series B in 2019
Talent Garden is a prominent innovation platform and coworking network that supports digital and technology professionals. Established in 2011 in Brescia, Italy, the company operates 23 campuses across eight countries, including Albania, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, and Spain. Talent Garden serves as a collaborative environment for startups, freelancers, and large corporations, fostering connections and professional development within the digital and tech sectors. The organization aims to cultivate vibrant, locally connected campuses that empower communities and enhance the growth of innovative ideas. With a growing membership of over 600 talents and more than 40,000 online community members, Talent Garden is dedicated to creating an ecosystem that nurtures entrepreneurial success and collaboration among professionals in the technology space.

OVS

Secondary Market in 2019
OVS is an online apparel store, selling cloths for men, women and children. OVS S.p.A. is Italy's leading group in the clothing market, creating, developing and marketing menswear, womenswear and childrenswear under the OVS and UPIM brands. The OVS brand was created as part of the Coin Group in 1972. As the network expanded, it has successfully developed great mutual trust with customers, achieving brand awareness on the Italian market equal to 97% in 2013 (source: Doxa). OVS S.p.A. also owns the UPIM brand, which is positioned in the value segment of the men's women's and children's clothing market in Italy and mainly targets families. UPIM has been operating in Italy since 1928 and was acquired in 2009. The Group’s business model is typical of vertically-integrated retailers and involves the following activities: product development entrusted to a team of product managers, designers and merchandisers who – by relying on a group structure that is highly specialised in sourcing and has a major presence in key geographical areas – designs, develops and creates the merchandise mix through external suppliers, under the artistic guidance of fashion coordinators and under the organisational leadership of category managers. OVS S.p.A. operates through its own sales network throughout the national territory, with stores of different sizes and different management methods (directly-owned or franchised stores). The Group is also the Italian market leader in children's clothing and has received the "Retailer of the Year" award in the last four years for certain product categories.

Buzzoole

Series A in 2018
Buzzoole S.r.l. is an influencer marketing platform based in Naples, Italy, founded in 2013. The company provides brands with a technology-driven solution to identify social media influencers and advocates, facilitating the automation of engagement through special offers and exclusive events. Buzzoole's platform analyzes online conversations across various social media channels to categorize topics and identify influencers' strengths using its proprietary algorithm. This enables brands to reach niche markets efficiently. Operating on a Cost-Per-Post model, Buzzoole offers scalable solutions for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to save significantly compared to traditional agency partnerships. The platform emphasizes transparency, enabling brands to monitor spending, campaign participants, and return on investment effectively.

Alpitour

Private Equity Round in 2017
Alpitour World is an Italian travel group and high-ranking in the European Travel Industry. Alpitour Group: a world of specializations and services to perfectly organize every aspect of the journey, whether it is pure relaxation or for work. In the Alpitour Group, many holiday styles coexist. From low budget proposals for young people and families, to informal ones with the villages and destinations most loved by Italian tourists, to elitist and exotic suggestions for the admirers of the pleasure of traveling.

Talent garden

Series A in 2016
Talent Garden is a prominent innovation platform and coworking network that supports digital and technology professionals. Established in 2011 in Brescia, Italy, the company operates 23 campuses across eight countries, including Albania, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, and Spain. Talent Garden serves as a collaborative environment for startups, freelancers, and large corporations, fostering connections and professional development within the digital and tech sectors. The organization aims to cultivate vibrant, locally connected campuses that empower communities and enhance the growth of innovative ideas. With a growing membership of over 600 talents and more than 40,000 online community members, Talent Garden is dedicated to creating an ecosystem that nurtures entrepreneurial success and collaboration among professionals in the technology space.

Advanced Accelerator Applications

Private Equity Round in 2014
Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), is a European Pharmaceutical Group founded in 2002 by Italian academics as a spin-off of the “European Organization for Nuclear Research” (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland), to develop innovative diagnostic and therapeutic products. AAA’s main focus is in the field of Molecular Imaging and targeted, individualized therapy for the management of patients with serious conditions (Personalized Medicine). AAA is a European leader in the production and commercialization of PET (Positron Emission Tomography) radiopharmaceuticals. PET is a state-of-the-art diagnostic technique that is today mainly used in clinical oncology, cardiology and neurology. AAA also produces a broad range of SPECT products. AAA currently has 17 production and R&D facilities able to manufacture both diagnostics and therapeutic MNM products, and has over 300 employees in 11 countries (France, Italy, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Israel, United States and Canada).