Daniele
Private Equity IP / Raising a Search fund / Former GS & Cerberus
Milan, Italy
Private equity and credit investor with 8+ years of experience at GS, Cerberus and Castlelake (Brookfield) with over EUR 2bn in transactions across fintech, asset-based finance and real estate special situations. Currently co-founding Vitis Capital, a traditional search fund focused on acquiring and growing high quality SMEs in Italy.
Domain experience
Relevant Total Experience: 8 years
Seniority Level: Manager
Sector Experience:
Communication Services Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials FinTech Health Care Industrials Information Technology Materials Real Estate UtilitiesSkills
Skilled in: Corporate Development, Due Diligence, Legal, Portfolio Services & Add-on M&A, Private Equity & Growth Capital, Sell-side M&A
Languages: Spanish, Italian, English
Work Experience
Vitis Capital
Co-Founder / Search Fund
●1/2/2025
- Now
Entrepreneurial Private Equity - SME Buyouts - Italy - Co-founded and led the capital raise for Vitis Capital, an entrepreneurial investment search fund platform focused on acquiring and operating high-quality SMEs across Italy - Raised capital from top tier group of institutional investors, family offices and high net worth individuals: deck creation, inventor targeting, outreach, pitching and closing (Now at 50% after 2 months) - Sourced and evaluated 100+ proprietary opportunities leveraging both direct outreach and intermediary networks. Built and maintained a dynamic CRM to track deal flow, pipeline stage and seller interactions - Conducted in-depth commercial and financial due diligence - Represented the fund at major European investor conferences and built long term relationship with lenders, advisors and other acquirers
Castlelake
Investment Professional
●1/7/2022
- 1/2/2025
Private Equity and Credit IP: Specialty / Asset-Based Finance | Fintech | Proptech | Real Estate Spec Sit Opportunities • Pan-European Embedded Finance Platform for E-commerce, Tech and PSPs • UK / Australia SMEs Healthcare Lending Platform (Pharmacies and Dental) • UK Prime Consumer Healthcare Lending platform • UK Non-prime Consumer Loans: Community Development Finance Platform • UK Working Capital: Invoice Finance / BNPL SMEs Lending platform • Italian Resi Tax Credit Spec Sit • Dutch CMBS Distressed Refinancing
YouLend
Investor / PM
●1/7/2022
- 1/2/2025
Youlend is a leading global embedded financing platforms which provides flexible and real time funding solutions to 150k+ SMEs driven by its AI-based decision making model.
TradeBridge
Investor / PM
●1/7/2022
- 1/2/2025
TradeBridge is a leading fintech company that provides working capital solutions to UK SMEs. Investment focused on UK Pharmacies and Dental solutions.
Cerberus Capital Management
Investment Professional
●1/8/2019
- 31/7/2022
Private Equity and Credit: Distressed Debt Europe - NPL and Real Estate • 7 Distressed Debt Portfolios: NPL, UTP and Leasing in Ireland, UK and Italy • 5 REO Portfolios in Italy • 4 Legacy Deals Sales
AXA Investment Managers
Alts & RE Research Analyst
●1/8/2018
- 31/8/2019
Ireland Primary Research Coverage - Alts & Real Estate
Goldman Sachs
Equity Research Analyst
●1/6/2017
- 31/8/2018
Global Investment Research - Business Services and Financial Institutions Group (FIG)
Banca Popolare di Sondrio
Summer Intern
●1/6/2016
- 30/9/2016
J.P. Morgan
Spring Week
●1/4/2015
- 30/4/2015
Education
Università Bocconi
1/1/2014
- 31/1/2017
Liceo Scientifico Vittorio Veneto - Milano
1/1/2009
- 31/1/2014
Roseburg High School
1/1/2012
- 31/1/2013
Licenses / Certificates
Università Bocconi
Spanish Exam (level B1) passed with 30/30
●1/6/2016
Università Bocconi
Business English Exam 30cumlaude
●1/6/2015
ICDL Europe
ECDL
●1/5/2015
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