Gradiente SGR acquires FDM Business Services
The Gradiente III fund takes a majority stake in the Italian document management and process outsourcing group, whose founders reinvest for a minority holding.
The target operates in document management services and process outsourcing.
The transaction is the seventh investment of the private equity fund Gradiente III and is intended to support the FDM group's growth plan. Founders Enrico Del Sole and Antonio Santocono, along with the sellers, are taking a minority stake in the vehicle used by Gradiente SGR to complete the deal.
Chief executive Andrea Artusi and Enrico Cereda, named executive chairman to lead the strategic development plan, are investing alongside Gradiente. ADVANT Nctm advised Gradiente SGR, Gitti & Partners advised the founders and Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici advised Cereda; Klecha & Co. was buy-side financial, business and debt adviser, and ERM handled environmental and ESG due diligence.
Deal facts
- Target
- FDM Business Services
- Business
- Italian provider of document management services and process outsourcing, parent of FDM Process Evolution Albania
- Buyer
- Gradiente SGR
- Sponsor
- Gradiente SGR
- Seller
- Founders Enrico Del Sole and Antonio Santocono
- Deal type
- Platform
- Status
- Completed
- Announced
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Sources
- Il Sole 24 OREOct 27, 2026
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