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Food Finance

Food Finance

Swiss club deal in food retail

Swiss club deal in food retail

Innovative
Business

Our Club Deal acts as an incubator for excellent small and medium enterprises in the food sector by providing a full-scale range of services, starting with management training, operational restructuring, and ending with venture capital financing.

We give a chance for outstanding small businesses to thrive in a highly competitive environment.

By providing a strong governance structure, operational and financial know-how, the Club Deal offers to its targets the possibility of exponential growth and full expansion to a food retail structure.

We are the next step after private equity and spac, we grant investors enhanced transparency and efficiency

We are the next step after private equity and spac, we grant investors enhanced transparency and efficiency

What's the plus
of Club deal

Private Equity Funds/SPAC

  • Focus on non-listed companies with strong prospective growth
  • Decorrelation from listed markets

Club Deal

  • Flexibility and efficiency of the investment process
  • Full transparency in target selection
  • Focus on non-listed companies with strong prospective growth
  • Decorrelation from listed markets

What's the plus
of Club deal

Private Equity Funds/SPAC

  • Focus on non-listed companies with strong prospective growth
  • Decorrelation from listed markets

Club Deal

  • Flexibility and efficiency of the investment process
  • Full transparency in target selection
  • Focus on non-listed companies with strong prospective growth
  • Decorrelation from listed markets

Full involvement in the investment process

Voice, consent & approval

Scouting

Identification of target markets, based on growth opportunities, resilience and Made in Italy

Due diligence

DD with added value on specific risks linked to the market and the target's activity

Targeting

In-depth analysis of the targets with the assistance of highly qualified consultants

Investment approval

Investment deliberation process by the Club Deal steering committee

Preliminary evaluation

Evaluation of companies based on fundamental analysis of primary target's documentation

Signing & Closing

Contract set (MoU, term sheet, SPA, investment subscription agreement for the capital increase operation)

Scouting

Identification of target markets, based on growth opportunities, resilience and Made in Italy

Targeting

In-depth analysis of the targets with the assistance of highly qualified consultants

Preliminary evaluation

Evaluation of companies based on fundamental analysis of primary target's documentation

Due diligence

DD with added value on specific risks linked to the market and the target's activity

Investment approval

Investment deliberation process by the Club Deal steering committee

Signing & Closing

Contract set (MoU, term sheet, SPA, investment subscription agreement for the capital increase operation)

Hands-on
management

Strategic Investments

  • Opening of new Points of Sale benefitting of the low rental cost post-COVID

  • Implementation of a new scale- proof IT control systems

Cost revision

  • Optimization of fixed costs, such as those related to rentals and leases, and variable costs, in the light of an internal development (i.e. growth in volumes)

Hiring

  • Specific recruitment program from large competitors

  • Highly skilled general managers

  • Store and Commercial key managers

  • CFO

Well-timed Way-out

  • The exit partner will be selected primarily within specialized investment funds, or professional PE operators, so as to the maximize the exit value

Food consumption in EU is a Giga market exceeding hundreds of billion Euros, constantly increasing

Food consumption in EU is a Giga market exceeding hundreds of billion Euros, constantly increasing

Away from Home
market growth

Consumer spending at restaurants in Western and Central Europe is expected to grow overall by 30% until 2025.

We are focused on the Away from Home markets of Italy and Switzerland, with strong growth opportunities of above 20%.

Purpose, Innovation, Trust – we leverage food sustainability for a better future

Purpose, Innovation, Trust – we leverage food sustainability for a better future

We are committed to maintaining a green supply chain, we have direct participation and control over production sustainability.

Workforce well-being is a core enabler of our business model. We see our employees' physical, mental, and social well-being as a way to build lasting connections and enhance productivity. We are committed to including in our recruitment program members of fragile categories.

As part of our restaurant sustainability program, we focus on healthy food, energy-efficient equipment, sustainable food packaging, and reducing waste. We are also committed to donating the daily unsold fresh produce to food banks and shelters.

Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success

Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success

Management
Team

International management team with great experience and high-level skills.

The team leader is the last of three generations of financiers with over 30 years of experience in international finance.

The team has managed over 1 billion AUM worldwide.

We have participated in various transactions of investments, acquisitions, and capital raisings.