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Marco Polo Advisor in 2025: 11 completed transactions and a strong market prospects.
Excellent results for Marco Polo Advisor in 2025: with 11 completed transactions and a total transaction value of approximately €130 million, 2025 marked a year of growth in results and consolidation among mid-market corporate finance players in Italy.
The completed transactions comprised four company disposals, two acquisition advisory mandates, three debt financing transactions and two equity capital raising mandates. From a sector perspective, six transactions were in the Industrial sector, three in the Services sector, and one each in the Public Utilities and Hospitality sectors.
Market activity in the small and medium-sized segment remained significant despite negative external geopolitical factors (including war scenarios in Europe and the Middle East), which led to a slowdown in larger deals and in the private equity sector. The small and medium-sized segment is characterized by factors typically related to the specific situation of individual companies (for example, the lack of generational change or a process of consolidation in the segment), which are less exposed to general economic trends.
Marco Polo and its affiliates have also continued to participate in direct investments. The investments they manage primarily consist of stakes in companies and assets that have developed close ties with Marco Polo Advisor, or that offer synergies with it. Six such investments have been made to date, including Colombo Tecnologie in the Digital segment and investments in the Energy and Hospitality sectors. Assistance to family offices and investors in planning and monitoring investments has also been strengthened.
In 2025, around ten projects were also conducted in collaboration with colleagues at AICA, the Alliance of International Corporate Advisors, the international organization comprising approximately 40 corporate finance firms worldwide, of which Marco Polo Advisor is a founding member.
According to Filippo Rozzanigo, CEO of Marco Polo Advisor, "In 2025, we continued to strengthen our activity and our network of contacts with companies and investors, both in Italy and around the world, with good results and an overall consolidation of our business.
During the year, we managed to grow our organization, both in terms of senior positions and in terms of associates and analysts, to meet the growing demand for assistance services in financial transactions. We currently have 14 resources spread across three offices.
We look to 2026 with optimism, thanks to a significant pipeline of ongoing projects, often well advanced, and because there are frequent opportunities to continue fostering the evolution and transformation of the Italian business landscape and the creation of stronger and more competitive industrial hubs. This is a line of work where we developed specific expertise in a field we expect to continue to drive growth in the coming years."
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Marco Polo Advisor is a financial advisory firm specialized in extraordinary transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of companies and shareholdings, equity and debt capital raising, and financial advisory projects for companies, investors and family offices. With three offices in Italy (Bologna, Padua and Milan), a team of 14 dedicated professionals, 17 years of experience and over 90 completed transactions, it is one of the most active advisors in the small and mid-market segment in Italy. It is a founding member of AICA, the Alliance of International Corporate Advisors, with which it collaborates on numerous cross-border projects and which comprises approximately 40 M&A and financial advisory firms worldwide.