Simest SpA

PE/Buy-Out · Rome (Italy)

PE/Buy-Out

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Series A

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Simest SpA (Società Italiana per le Imprese all’Estero SpA) is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in the development and promotion of Italian enterprises abroad, providing advisory services and investing along Italian companies, consortium and cooperatives that are interested in acquisitions in foreign countries. The firm specializes in direct and fund of fund investments. It specializes in seed/start-up; early, mid and late venture; emerging growth; and growth capital investments. It seeks to acquire minority stakes, both directly and through its managed venture capital funds, in small and medium sized enterprises active in all industrial, commercial and services-related sectors. Geographically, the firm invests outside the European Union, focusing on the Balkans; Eastern Europe; Northern Africa; Middle East; Central and Southern America. It also invests in companies within the European Union. Investments in the Southern regions of Italy are also considered. It takes equity stakes up to 25 percent when investing directly; however, the equity stake can go up to 49 percent when investing through a managed fund. In addition, the firm offers advisory services on all the phases of investing abroad, from launch to implementation; as well as facilitating access to international and supra-national financing and to European Union business internationalization programs. Simest SpA was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy with a additional offices in Milan, Italy, and Venice, Italy.

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