Private equity: here are the 38 deals from early 2026, with industrial sectors leading the way
This is what emerges from DeepTree’s report on the transactions carried out by Italian funds in the first six months of the year
Italian private equity firms carried out 38 transactions in the first six months of 2026, generating total revenues of 1.4 billion euros. This is according to a report by DeepTree, an Italian start-up specialising in data collection for the private markets sector using artificial intelligence.
‘Transactions between January and June 2026 in which the investor is an Italian private equity manager (SGRs, Luxembourg-based vehicles managed by Italian firms, club deals and holding companies) have been mapped on DeepTree,’ states the report by the firm’s analysts. Excluded from the research, however, are credit funds, infrastructure funds, venture capital funds and add-on acquisitions carried out by portfolio companies without the fund acting as the purchaser.
The 38 target companies
Among the 38 companies that have ended up in the portfolios of Italian private equity funds, there are also four foreign firms: Proveris, Asua, Secrets de Loly and Glenholme.
Furthermore, the sector that attracted the most attention from fund managers was the industrial sector, with twelve target companies, three of which were in the electronics and sensor technology sector; the largest deal by revenue, however, was in the aerospace and defence sub-sector (Mecaer, with a turnover of 239 million euros). In joint second place are the consumer and food & beverage sectors, with five transactions each.
In terms of turnover, Missoni (€124 million) and Disano Illuminazione (€106.9 million) follow Mecaer.
