Banco BPM
Piazza Filippo Meda 4, Milano, Lombardia, 20121, Italy
Overview
Banco BPM is an Italian bank that offers financial solutions to individuals and businesses. It is a joint-stock company from a merger of two major banks in Italy, Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano. Together with customers, shareholders, and stakeholders, Banco BPM's business model focuses on people and skills, improved by constant training. It also develops growing profitability for its shareholders and sustainable development in the territories in which it operates. Banco BPM was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
- Total investments
- 4
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 7
Sector focus
- Banking
- Commercial
- Finance
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- Bending Spoons
Participated · Debt Financing · Aug 2025
Bending Spoons follows an acquisition-led strategy and focuses capital allocation primarily on acquiring and improving digital businesses. The company works to enhance acquired businesses’ operations, technology, product development, marketing and monetization and says acquisitions have been its primary focus for more than a decade. Its portfolio includes assets such as AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, Harvest, komoot, Remini, StreamYard, Vimeo and WeTransfer. As of March 2026, Bending Spoons served more than 500 million monthly active users and had over nine million monthly paying customers. The company said it has never sold a material business and aims to maximize long-term value per share through disciplined deployment of capital, primarily via acquisitions.
- Galvanina
Participated · Equity · Aug 2025
Galvanina is a historic Italian producer of mineral waters and premium soft drinks with a pronounced export orientation. Since its 2019 acquisition by Riverside Europe, the company has virtually doubled its turnover compared with 2019, strengthening its position in the premium beverage segment. Management plans to accelerate international expansion in North America and Europe and to pursue investments in sustainability, product innovation, and industrial projects aimed at efficiency and reduced environmental impact. The company highlights long-standing relationships with leading international retailers and describes its business model as resilient despite pandemic, inflationary, tariff, and exchange-rate challenges. Galvanina emphasizes ESG commitments, incorporating sustainability-linked benefits into its financing arrangements. Riverside Europe is cited as a supportive shareholder as the group pursues further international growth.
- 3Sun
Led · Equity · Jan 2024
3Sun manufactures solar modules and is a subsidiary of the Italian utility Enel. The company is building a heterojunction (HJT) module assembly plant in Sicily, Italy. The plant currently has a 200 MW annual nameplate capacity of bifacial modules and is expected to expand to 3 GW of annual capacity by the end of 2024. 3Sun secured a large financing package to support the HJT manufacturing expansion. The financing includes loans and credit facilities and is supported by European and Italian public and private lenders. The project also benefits from a VAT credit of €85 million. Details on job creation were not provided in the articles but are widely expected to be around 300.