Marco Polo News

Principia SGR acquires a 45% stake from Fondo Italiano di Investimento and from Recomec, holding company controlled by the Zanelli family. Fondo Italiano di Investimento SGR has announced the sale of its 33% stake in Comecer, a company based in Castel Bolognese (Ravenna) specializing in nuclear medicine.Principia SGR acquired the interest and also acquired a further 12% from Recomec, holding company controlled by the Zanelli family. Recomec still control the company with 55%. The transaction was defined by Principia III - Health, the first Italian Venture Capital and Growth Capital fund, specifically dedicated to the [...]

In March 2015 Bootes srl, an investment holding, has acquired a minority stake in the company Visirun SpA.Visirun SpA has developed in recent years an innovative web/mobile based application for fleet management, with innovative features and services that allow customers advanced performances in the logistics of vehicles. The strategic partnership with Bootes will favor the development of new business opportunities and accelerate the investments, in particular to strengthen the presence on national level and for the consolidation of Polish subsidiary. This area represents a significant growth opportunity for the sector being the third [...]

Marco Polo Advisor “closed” in 2014 six transactions (year record).2014 represented for Marco Polo Advisor a year of important growth results both in terms of projects assisted, and thanks to some important organizational changes.During the year were followed about 18 projects of corporate finance advisory, among which the following:- Six completed transactions, including the sale of the R&C Lab share capital to the German group AGROLAB, the Irec acquisition by Best Union Company, the capital raising transaction for Nettuno TV, the business planning and its financing debt transaction for Consorzio Agrario [...]

Marco Polo Advisor is pleased to announce a new operations team to be based in London.The aim is to provide an international base for those corporate finance transactions that are currently managed from Italy, through a pro-active localised support. The launch of the Marco Polo Advisor London office will also assist in the development of a platform supporting foreign financial and industrial partners interested in investing in Italy and southern Europe. In addition, the team based in London aims to operate throughout Europe in specialised areas such as TMT and Healthcare, where there is significant [...]