Raffaele de Courten

Alto Partners SGR SpA (Alto Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Raffaele de Courten and Stefano Scarpis. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Associazione Italiana del Private Equity e Venture Capital operates as an association to promote, develop and represent institutionally the venture capital and private equity activity in Italy. The firm is an organization composed of different entities which, throughout direct investment of their own funds or through the management and advisory of independent funds (closed-end funds) are private equity and venture capital investors with the objective of purchasing, managing and divesting in unquoted companies. The company was founded in May 1986 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

European Investment Bank is a long term lending bank representing the interest of the European Union members. It raises substantial volumes of funds on the capital markets and provides finance and expertise for investment projects towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion among members. Its services include lending, blending and advising. The Lending service offers loans, guarantees, microfinance as well as equity investment. The Blending service includes unlock financing from other sources and blended together to form full financing package. The Advising service covers administrative and project management assistance with facilities investment implementation. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.