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Avanzi Etica Sicaf, is an active manager investing in mainly in European and Italian stat-ups with social impact. The firm invests in various sectors and industries including manufacturing, finance, alternative power generation. Avanzi Etica Sicaf, provides equity financing for pre-seed to early stage.

CN is a private equity investment manager focused on Northern Italy. They also invest in mainland China and in India. The firm invests in buy-out situations and in companies in need of expansion capital. They target mid-stage companies across sectors, favoring traditional manufacturing industries. The firm acquires significant minority interests or majority stakes in profitable, small- to medium-sized companies and promotes their growth and international expansion through the provision of consulting support in all areas of business operations. CN adopts prudent debt-to-equity ratios when structuring investments, and seeks to retain key management personnel as co-investors.

CAPE-RS is a hands-on manager which invests in promising small and medium-sized companies with main operations and headquarters in the Sicily region of Italy. They invest in companies in a variety of sectors including agro-industry and niche speciality foods, tourism, health care, transportation and logistics, shipping and renewable energy (especially photovoltaic and wind). The firm seeks to invest in companies with an interesting business plan and good management, taking minority and majority stakes in small and medium-sized companies, local infrastructures and in start-up projects, especially those with significant real estate assets. CAPE-RS partners with investee company management, aiming to increase value by supporting them in strategic and operating decisions including new product launches, entering new markets, financial structure decisions, budgeting and control, establishing international production sites abroad and add-on acquisitions. The firm prefers that entrepreneurs and/or key managers take at least a minority stake in the investee company.