Clessidra Private Equity SGR announces the launch of the new fund Clessidra Capital Partners Green Harvest, a closed-end alternative investment fund focused on companies operating in the broad Italian agrifood sector.

With a target size of €150 million and a hard cap of €200 million, the new fund aims to invest, with a preference for majority stakes, in the Italian agrifood small and medium-sized enterprise sector, an area highly attractive due to both the number of opportunities and its strong potential for growth and consolidation. The fund will leverage the solid track record that Clessidra PE and its team have built over more than twenty years of investment activity in this sector in Italy.

Along with Andrea Ottaviano, CEO of Clessidra Private Equity SGR, investment activities will be managed by a dedicated team led by Emanuele Cuccio and Marco Guglielminetti, both Managing Directors of Clessidra PE with extensive investment experience in the Italian market.

“Clessidra Capital Partners Green Harvest marks a strategic milestone for our Group, expanding our presence in the SME market and focusing on the agrifood segment which has been central to our private equity investment strategy for over twenty years, while maintaining the same philosophy and vision – commented Andrea Ottaviano. Our goal is to capitalize on the long-standing experience of our network in a highly attractive segment such as the Italian agrifood value chain — among our country’s main contributors to GDP — characterized by a wealth of family-owned businesses with significant growth potential. Clessidra PE has expanded in both structure and size of its investments, but continues to see significant opportunities in this market segment, within a solid and profitable value chain, with genuine and lasting competitive advantages rooted in environmental sustainability.”