3i Italy is a pioneer in the Italian private equity industry. We started our activity in Italy in 1991 and since then we have provided capital to more than 50 businesses and successfully taken five of our investee companies to IPO (Mirato, Datamat, Novuspharma, Biosearch and Newron).

We currently manage a portfolio of over 15 investments in various industry sectors. Among our most recent investments: Giochi Preziosi, Targetti, Global Garden Products

We have a successful track record of investing in Italian family-owned businesses, supporting management in issues of succession, restructuring the shareholder base and achieving profitable growth (Mirato, Faber, Farmigea, Onama, Comac).

In 2006 the Italian private equity and venture capital industry saw a record number of deals (292) for a total amount invested of over €3.7 billion, more than double the amount registered in 2004.  This growth is mainly due to the boom in medium-sized buyout deals. The industry was dominated by buyouts between €50 and €150 million representing nearly half of the total amount invested in the buyout sector (source: AIFI). These results show that the market for private equity in Italy is very healthy indeed.

3i Group plc operates in Italy through 3i SGR SpA, authorised and regulated by the Bank of Italy and Consob.  3i SGR was incorporated in August 2002.