About us | Pigreco Finance, investment company since 2000

Our team

Pigreco Finance was founded in 2000 as the management company for the Luxembourg-based private equity funds Abacus and Absolute.

Since its inception, the company has focused on medium and large enterprises, providing advisory services for extraordinary finance operations.

With a focus on private equity, Pigreco Finance has launched numerous proprietary buy-out and growth capital transactions through club deals since 2014.

Today, as an investment company with more than two decades of experience, our goal is to facilitate access to capital markets for our portfolio companies, initiating and structuring pathways to sustained growth.

Our history

2000Pigreco Finance is founded

2000
Pigreco Finance is founded
Management company 2002

2002
Management company

Management company of the Luxembourg-based Absolute fund. €88 million raised with exit in 2007.
2006Management company

2006
Management company

Management company of the Luxembourg-based Abacus fund. €42.5 million raised with exit in 2017.
Investment company 2014

2014
Investment company

Co-investment with the Abacus fund in Controls Srl.
2015Investment company

2015
Investment company

Investment in Dynamic Technologies Spa.
Investment company 2016

2016
Investment company

Exit from Controls Srl.
2016Investment company

2016
Investment company

Investment in First Advisory Srl.
Investment company 2017

2017
Investment company

Exit from Dynamic Technologies Spa.
2018Investment company

2018
Investment company

First buy-out of First Advisory Srl.
Investment company 2019

2019
Investment company

Investment in Foodness Spa.
2020Investment company

2020
Investment company

Second buy-out of First Advisory Srl.
Investment company 2022

2022
Investment company

Third buy-out of First Advisory Srl.
2024Investment company

2024
Investment company

Acquired in 2024 for a 74% stake.
Investment company 2025

2025
Investment company

Agrostar

Our team

Pigreco Finance is a group of professionals united by entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and vision, dedicated to supporting business professionals, institutional clients and business managers at every stage of corporate development.

The partners boast complementary and diverse backgrounds in private equity, consulting, investment banking and business management: this balanced expertise enables them to provide effective support for growth initiatives in the Italian and European mid-market.

Daniele Federico Monarca

Partner

Matteo Ceravolo

Partner

1998
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administratio

1999-2001
KPMG – Audit e Transaction Service – Senior Auditor

2001-2002
SDA Bocconi – MBA in Corporate Finance

2002-2004
IntesaSanpaolo – Merchant Banking – Private Equity Associate

2004-oggi
AVM Italia – Italian management company of the private equity fund Absolute Ventures – Investment Manager

2006-oggi
Pegasus Finance – Italian management company of the private equity fund Abacus Invest – Senior Investment Manager

2004-oggi
Pigreco Corporate Finance – Partner

Gino Berti

Gino Berti has completed seven investment transactions, acting in both managerial and investor roles

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Franco Lusetti

Franco Lusetti has completed four investment transactions, acting in both managerial and investor roles

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Giuseppe Frascà

Giuseppe Frascà has completed five investment transactions, acting in both managerial and investor roles

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Giovanni Stella

Giovanni Stella has completed four investment transactions, acting in both managerial and investor roles

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A partner for growth