Italy

Dedale Intelligence is deeply focused on covering Italy's local and international reaching technology landscape, including numerous still founder-owned technology gems, that we have learned over time to develop strong relationships with

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Italy
Italy location

The Italian software & technology ecosystem is incredibly exciting to investigate! Indeed, Italy boasts a good number of large leading players who have carved a deeply entrenched share of local digitization efforts, serving Italy's enterprises down to SMB segments

The Milan-based Private Equity scene also shows deep interest in investing in Software and IT Services vendor with specialist local teams that we have developed partnerships with

We also expect more and more interest from the large anglo-saxon investors to tap into very attractive ecosystem

Collaboration case studies

Private Equity pre-deal investigation

Client
€5Bn Midcap buyout pan-European fund with dedicated local Italian team
In preparation for a high profile up-and-coming primary transaction in the Italian Financial Services software space, the Italian deal team of this pan-European tech investor benefitted from Dedale Intelligence's deep pan-European experience in this space, to conduct in-depth outside in investigation on the target

This collaboration enabled the team to develop early and expertise based relationships with the management team of the target, to build an early dialogue during this process
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Corporate Thought Partnership

Client
Leading Italian Laboratory Information Management System vendor
Together with Dedale Intelligence, the management team of this attractive local software vendor explored the acquisition of a vendor in an adjacent niche market

After initial investigations came out on the negative side, the team then repurposed its focus to explore other plays in this adjacent attractive space
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M&A Advisor support

Client
Pan-European tech M&A team
For the past few years, this tech M&A team has deepened its Italian market focus thanks to Dedale Intelligence's support

By consistently mapping and investigating the Italian niches to go after, this M&A team has demultiplied its development approach in the Italian technology ecosystem
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Team leaders

Alessio Coppola
Investment & Strategy Analyst

Alessio was born and raised in Southern Italy. After completing his undergraduate degree in Economics and Business at LUISS University in Rome, he pursued a master’s degree in Management at ESCP Business School in Paris, graduating in 2024, which included an exchange program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Before joining Dedale Intelligence as an Investment and Strategy Analyst, Alessio gained experience in Investment Banking through internships at ABN Amro and UniCredit. Alessio speaks Italian and English fluently and has intermediate proficiency in French.

Alexis de Moulliac
Regional Director & Strategic Business Partnerships

Alexis is Franco-Italian and has built his career in technology consulting and sales. He began as a business developer in the wine tech sector before transitioning to consultant in emerging technologies at Atos and Wavestone. He then spent over four years at Darktrace as a Senior Key Account Executive, contributing to the growth of the French office. Since joining Dedale Intelligence, Alexis has been leading sales and investor relations efforts across France, the U.S., and the U.K. Alexis holds a degree from Concordia University in Montréal, where he lived for a year. He is also a published author with a novel to his name and more to come. He speaks French, Italian, English, and Spanish.

Cynthia Picco
Regional Director & Strategic Business Partnerships

Cynthia is German-Italian and has built her career working with the most strategic accounts across EU and US at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for four years and then moved to Google to advice high-value German SMBs with their digital growth strategy. Having co-founded a startup within education in South Africa, she has always reflected a passion for entrepreneurial ventures and innovation. In her role at Dedale Intelligence she leads the expansion efforts and relationships across DACH, BeNeLux and the US. Cynthia possesses a global perspective, having lived on three continents, graduated from international schools along with bilingual proficiency in English, German, and French.

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