Filippo Mantovani, MBA

Milbank advised Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. in connection with its US$1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes due 2030. The proceeds from the offering will be used for general funding purposes.   The Milbank team was led by European Leveraged Finance/Capital Markets partners Apostolos Gkoutzinis and Ana S. Grbec and associates Matteo Bonacina and Luca Mirabile.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/d3hEwbwf

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Italian Founders Fund adds €35 million for its new fund with investment from CDP Venture Capital SGR Italian Founders Fund (#IFF), the first Italian #VC fund created by founders for founders and launched in June 2024, has raised an additional €35 million from #CDP Venture Capital’s Digital Transition Fund, bringing its total assets to €90 million. The operation, which also leverages resources from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (#PNRR), strengthens IFF’s mission to support digital transition and accelerate the growth of Italian startups as well as international startups choosing to develop in Italy. In less than two years, IFF has invested in 14 startups founded by Italian entrepreneurs operating in Italy, the UK, the US, and Singapore, participating in four follow-on rounds — including Jet HR and Sava. Many of these deals were carried out in co-investment with global funds such as Base10 Partners, Picus Capital, Balderton Capital, DFF Ventures (Dutch Founders Fund), Kfund, and Y Combinator, reinforcing the connection between the Italian ecosystem and major international hubs. Led by Lorenzo Franzi, and with the recent promotion of Irene Mingozzi to Partner, IFF now aims to extend its support throughout the entire early-stage cycle — including follow-on and later-stage rounds — while attracting capital and expertise from abroad. The article on La Repubblica in the first comment.

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🌐 In today’s hyperconnected world, inertia is a greater risk than disruption.   📗 In “Market Strategies in a Hyper-Connected World” (EgeaEditore, 2025), Alessandro Arbore argues that strategy must become a living process—constantly evolving, rarely fixed. The core lesson? Success lies in dynamic adaptation, not static plans.   What does this mean in practice?   👉​ Leaders must decide when to initiate change, when to join existing movements, and when to co-evolve, aligning boldness with defensibility. (Egea Online)   👉​ Marketing must reclaim its place as a strategic engine, not a downstream function. It’s no longer enough to execute plans—you must lead experiments, interpret signals, and shift course when data and intuition demand.   👉​ AI is a powerful ally—but one that must be steered. In marketing, generative AI should augment human insight, not replace it; success depends on preserving judgment, reputation, and tacit knowledge.   Arbore calls for new mindsets in leadership, marketing, and innovation. The environments we compete in are no longer linear or predictable.   📌 Only organizations that embed learning, agility, and “abductive” thinking (a way of reasoning that starts from incomplete or ambiguous information and generates the most plausible hypothesis to explain it) into their core will thrive.   👉 For those who lead, market, or design strategy in any capacity, this book can be a strategic guide to staying relevant when change is the only constant.   Discover more on SDA Bocconi insight: https://lnkd.in/dS53QqG3

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🌞 Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is pleased to announce it has acted as Financial Advisor for GreenIT, supporting the Italian joint venture co-owned by Plenitude and CDP Equity in securing a non-recourse Project Finance loan agreement totaling approximately €370 million.   🌱 The financing, compliant with the Green Loan Principles, is designed to support GreenIT's investments in the development of greenfield onshore renewable energy projects in Italy.   ⚡The operational phase of these projects is set to commence by 2028, in accordance with GreenIT’s industrial plan which aims for 1 GW of installed capacity by 2030.   🤝Natixis CIB’s expertise in structuring complex financial transactions has been instrumental in facilitating this significant financing.  

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Fueling Global Capacity Growth Through Strategic Financings   Today we announced new financing agreements totaling €200 million with BNL BNP Paribas, CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, and BancoBPM. The funds will support capacity expansion in Italy and the U.S., where we are scaling production of ready-to-use (RTU) solutions and drug delivery devices to meet growing demand from the biopharmaceutical sector.   “These agreements are an important element of Stevanato Group's financial strategy, allowing us to capitalize on robust customer demand and support the Company’s long-term growth objectives.”   — Marco Dal Lago, Chief Financial Officer, Stevanato Group   We thank our financial partners for their continued trust in our innovation-driven growth journey. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dtsq6uBG

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Thrilled to see my perspective on emerging customer behavior making headlines on Italy's #1 business newspaper (Il Sole 24 Ore) Giampaolo Colletti and Fabio Grattagliano perfectly synthesized what I've been observing: the lines between gaming, commerce, and brand engagement are dissolving before our eyes. The article highlights three game-changing trends that every marketer should understand: ☝️ Virtual worlds as marketing frontiers: Platforms like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft aren't just games anymore, but act like immersive marketing ecosystems where brands can create authentic experiences that resonate with Gen Alpha and Gen Z. ✌️ The rise of new forms of "advergame": We're witnessing the emergence of advertising that doesn't interrupt the experience but enhances it. Brands are becoming part of the gameplay itself (aka creating value rather than disrupting it). 🫶 Community-driven commerce: These platforms are proving that the future of retail isn't selling products, it's building COMMUNITIES WHERE COMMERCE HAPPENS NATURALLY. What fascinates me most is how these gaming environments are teaching us new rules for customer engagement: 1. authenticity over promotion, 2. experience over transaction, 3. community over audience. The implications for traditional retail and marketing are profound and they apply beyond Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft. 😉 -gs

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From Social DNA to #ESG strategy 🌱 We had a deep dive into this with the Finanz Cattolica student association team from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano during an #interview for the #ESGJournal magazine. In a thought-provoking conversation with Francesca Rambaudi , our Senior Director of Investor Relations & Sustainability, we explored how #Amplifon has turned its social mission into a concrete and integrated ESG #strategy, combining #environmental, #social, and #financial impact. 🎙️ Key milestones in this process include integrating sustainable finance into corporate decision-making, strengthening the reporting systems, launching concrete projects with direct social impact, such as the #ListenResponsibly program, and actively engaging younger generations to drive lasting #change. 🎧 Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/drdnHx4x #LifeAtAmplifon

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