Green Arrow Capital: closing of Dea Capital. A group worth 8 billion is born

Green Arrow Capital (Gac) completes the acquisition at 100% of Dea Capital alternative funds, initiated in August 2025. This marks the launch of a leader.

Following the authorisation process with the supervisory authorities, the largest Italian operator in alternative investments has in fact been established, with 8 billion in assets under management.

Previously wholly owned by the De Agostini group, Dea Capital invested in numerous companies, including, to cite just a few examples, Alice Pizza (more than 200 outlets), La Piadineria (which passed to Permira in 2017 and to Cvc Capital Partners in 2024), Gelato d’Italia (from 2022 of Davidson Kempner and Afendis), Lurisia (from 2019 of Coca Cola Hbc), Spo Zentrum (fruit and vegetables).

Green Arrow targets Southern Europe

With the closing of the transaction, Gac reaches an important milestone in the growth path launched in recent years, consolidating its position as a leader in the domestic market.

The objective is now to achieve a distinctive role throughout Southern Europe, starting with Spain, a move that will enable Green Arrow to compete with the largest financial institutions.

The combination creates a platform with more than 160 professionals, which will operate, thanks to 31 funds and 7 “client solution” products, in Rome, Milan and Trento, as well as in Luxembourg and Madrid, through 7 investment strategies: private equity, energy and digital infrastructure, private credit, special situations, non-performing loans, customised solutions and real estate.

A new company in Luxembourg

The strengthening is also linked to the establishment, last year, of Green Arrow Capital Aifm, a Luxembourg company aiming to facilitate the management and distribution of alternative funds internationally.

Moreover, through its holdings, Gac will contribute to the development of the real economy, with an employment impact of approximately 25.000 induced jobs.

To date, more than 150 operators (approximately 20 per cent of them from international sources) have invested in the group’s funds; almost 90 per cent are attributable to institutional entities: banks, sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds, banking foundations, social security funds, pension funds and insurance companies.

Green Arrow Capital was created in 2012 by Eugenio de Blasio, the reference shareholder and executive chairman, and Daniele Camponeschi, chief information officer.

THE FIGURES AFTER THE ACQUISITION

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