Italy
Nextalia is an investment platform in the Italian market, founded in 2021 with a mission to promote sustainable growth for Italian excellences. Led by Francesco Canzonieri, the CEO and Chairman of the Investment and ESG Committees, the company is backed by leading Italian institutional investors including Intesa Sanpaolo, UnipolSai Assicurazioni, Bonifiche Ferraresi, and Micheli Associati. Nextalia aims to become the reference platform for private market investments in Italy, offering preferred access to proprietary investment opportunities and leveraging a proprietary approach, ESGNext, to actively promote ESG factors in the investment and portfolio management processes.
Nextalia plans to launch Nextalia Ventures, a VC fund focusing on high-growth Italian and international B2B and SaaS startups at Series A and B stages. The fund seeks to bolster Italy's fast-growing startup ecosystem by providing access to capital, business development, and operational support to grow the best companies to a global scale.
Through thoughtful M&A activities, Nextalia aims to generate synergies and unleash resources to invest in innovation, R&D, international growth, energy transition, and human capital, addressing the clear need for consolidation in the Italian market. The company's commitment to promoting Italian excellence and sustainable growth positions it as a distinctive player in the Italian private equity market.
Headquartered in Italy, Nextalia's unique approach and strong network of relationships with entrepreneurs, corporations, and institutions sets the stage for the company to make a significant impact on the Italian real economy.
