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Top 25 Private equity backed companies based in Italy
RevenueBase identified 130 private equity backed companies headquartered in Italy as of September 2026 and tracks 1,030 professional contacts across them, including 410 with verified work emails and 42 with mobile numbers. Milan is the largest hub.
This list covers private equity backed companies headquartered in Italy, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.
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The 25 largest private equity backed companies based in Italy
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “21 Invest was founded in Italy in 1992 by Alessandro Benetton to invest in mid-market companies and make them grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “FSI is the largest country-focused Private Equity fund manager in Europe with approximately €3 bn AuM.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Italmobiliare SpA is an Investment Holding which holds and manages a diversified investment and equities portfolio with a strategic vision underpinned by a financial and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Praesidium was founded in 2016 by a group of highly experienced European and American professionals from international Private Equity, consulting and banking, with a shared vision…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “PM & Partners is one of the leading private equity managers in Italy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Directed to Growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Edizione is a holding company with over 40 years of activity, characterized by a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and an Italian heart that beats worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LMDV Capital is the Family Office fully backed by Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, focused on creating long-term value through strategic investments across multiple asset classes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Aksìa Group is an Italian private equity player, specialized in SMEs, that actively manages and develops the companies it acquires, providing them with finance, strategy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Charme Capital Partners is a European mid-market private equity fund, supporting management teams and shareholders to achieve transformational change, growth and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Riello Investimenti SGR è una società indipendente di gestione del risparmio attiva da oltre 20 anni nel settore degli Investimenti Alternativi, nella gestione di fondi di private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Panakès Partners is a Venture Capital firm, based in Milan, which invests in the most ambitious companies and teams, developing revolutionary technologies and products, in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Koinos is an investment company driven by entrepreneurial spirit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “QuattroR SGR S.p.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Long-term Investors Pipe - capital markets - ipo Private equity Smart4Tech Listed Euronext Growth Milan - segmento professionale” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HAT SGR is the leading Italian private equity firm, based in Milan and London, specializing in the technology and innovation sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mutares Italy è stata fondata nel 2017 e fa capo alla società di investimento Mutares SE & Co KGaA quotata alla borsa di Francoforte.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Alkemia Capital is an independent asset management firm dedicated to identifying and nurturing value through strategic investments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2005, Progressio SGR is an independent Private Equity firm dedicated to fueling the growth of Italian SMEs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Alto Partners, founded by Stefano Scarpis and Raffaele de Courten, is an independent GP based in Milano, controlled by the management team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TAN Holdings is a privately funded investment company with a European, multi-industry investment strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Farma.Invest nasce nell’ ottobre del 2010 con un capitale di soli ma suscita subito un notevole interesse ed in pochi mesi il capitale viene aumentato ad con l’ingresso dei primi…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Siamo una società di private equity indipendente controllata dal management che affianca investitori istituzionali nell’investimento del capitale di piccole e medie aziende…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yarpa offers a privileged access to alternative investments on primary international markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: private equity backed companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names private equity backed companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity backed companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity backed companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Private equity backed companies based in Italy at a glance
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How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among private equity backed companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Italy whose own description of what they do matches “private equity backed companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names private equity backed companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity backed companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Italy are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 410 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names private equity backed companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many private equity backed companies are there based in Italy?
RevenueBase identified 130 private equity backed companies headquartered in Italy as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
21 Invest, headquartered in Treviso, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most private equity backed companies?
Milan leads with 43 headquartered companies, followed by Milano (30) and Roma (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 410 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 130 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 5, 2026.
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