Italy’s private equity weekly roundup. News from Galileo, Pegasus, Seco, Banca Finint, F2i, Cerved, Inter and more

NYSE Spac Galileo Acquisition Corp, a vehicle that Luca Giacometti, Alberto Recchi and Alberto Pontonio launched and of which Magnetar Capital owns a minority, will carry on a business combination with Shapeways, an US-based provider of 3D printing services (see here a previous post by BeBeez). At the end of 2019, Galileo had raised 138 million US Dollars (including 18 millions of the over-allotment). Shapeways’ enterprise value amounts to 410 million. In November 2020, Galileo reportedly failed to implement a business combination with Elite Model World, an international fashion models agency. Shapeways will attract resources of up to 195 million. Further to Galileo’s money, Miller Value Partners, XN and Desktop Metal comm