Fabio Canè is an Italian businessman and private equity investor. He is a founding partner and managing partner of Renaissance Partners (formerly NB Renaissance Partners), an Italian private equity firm. He is a member of the executive board of AIFI the Italian private equity association,[1] as well as President of the AIFI's technical committee for Private Equity Big Buy Out.[2]
Fabio Canè | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1961 (age 64) |
| Education | Luiss University, New York University Stern School of Business |
| Occupation | Private equity investor |
| Known for | founding partner of Italian private equity firm Renaissance Partners |
Early life and education
editAfter a degree in Business Administration from Luiss University in Rome, Canè earned an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business in 1990.[3]
Career
editCanè was a co-founder and partner of the Italian fashion retail website Yoox from 2000 to 2004. In 2005 he joined Intesa Sanpaolo where he became Head of Private Equity at Intesa Sanpaolo's CIB Division.[3]
NB Renaissance Partners
editIn 2015, Canè co-founded NB Renaissance Partners with the late Stefano Bontempelli as a spin-off of Intesa Sanpaolo Private Equity. The firm was established in partnership with Neuberger Berman, which initially acquired a 51% stake in the joint venture. At founding, the firm managed over €2.8 billion in commitments from institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, banks, and family offices. By 2022 it was one of the biggest Private equity funds investing in Italian businesses.[4]
Renaissance Partners
editIn April 2024, Neuberger Berman agreed to sell its majority stake in NB Renaissance to Canè and Bontempelli, retaining only a 10% share. The transaction completed on April 1, 2025, and the platform was rebranded as Renaissance Partners and Aurora Growth Capital[5] (incorporating the permanent capital vehicle NB Aurora). The aim, Canè stated at the time, quoted in Il Sole 24 Ore, was to become Italy’s leading private markets investment company, filling the gap in the Italian market for an alternative investment platform and helping to boost the nation’s industrial development.[6] Under Canè's leadership the company focuses on mid-market private equity investments in market-leading companies, primarily family-owned firms in Italy,[7] with particular emphasis on tech and digital transformation, environmental sustainability, healthcare, and specialised industry. Notable investments include Italian tech company Bending Spoons, where Canè joined the board of directors in July 2024,[8] Comelz (machinery for footwear manufacturing) [9] and, in October 2025, 100% of the share capital of digital transformation firm Lodestar.[10] In June 2025, Canè announced plans to grow the platform from €3.3 billion to €5.5 billion in capital by the end of 2026.[11] He has spoken about the pressing need for generational turnover and development of managerial techniques in Italy's thousands of family-owned businesses,[12] and suggested the introduction of tax breaks for family-owned businesses that merge to form larger firms better able to compete on the global market.[13]
Recognition
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Executive Board". AIFI (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Technical Committees". AIFI (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Bio Fabio Canè" (PDF). Neuberger Berman. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ Festa, Carlo (13 April 2022). "Canè: «Nb Renaissance, ancora mezzo miliardo per lo shopping»" [Canè: "NB Renaissance, still half a billion to shop with"]. Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ↑ "Renaissance Update". Neuberger Berman. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ Meneghello, Matteo (30 April 2024). "Scossa nel private equity, nasce il polo italiano da 5 miliardi" [Private equity shake-up, an Italian entity worth 5 billion is born]. Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). p. 28.
- ↑ Paparusso, Martina (15 December 2023). "AIFI: PREMIATA NB RENAISSANCE" [AIFI: NB RENAISSANCE AWARDED]. Vento Nuovo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ↑ Antonello Salerno (29 August 2024). "Bending Spoons: entrano nel cda Canè, Mylod e Schwartz" [Bending Spoons: Canè, Mylod and Schwartz join the Board of Directors]. Corriere Comunicazioni (in Italian).
- ↑ "PE fund NB Renaissance Partners invested in Italian Comelz". World M&A Alliance. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "Lodestar acquired by Renaissance Partners". Leaders League. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "Renaissance e Aurora puntano a una raccolta di 5,5 miliardi di euro entro fine 2026" [Renaissance and Aurora aim to raise 5.5 billion euros by end of 2026]. Finance Community (in Italian). 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Agevolazioni fiscali per le imprese familiari: la proposta di Canè (NB Renaissance)" [Tax breaks for family businesses: the proposal from Canè (NB Renaissance)]. Finance Community (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "Fabio Canè (NB Renaissance): agevolazioni fiscali alle aziende familiari che si aggregano" [Fabio Canè (NB Renaissance): tax breaks for family businesses that merge together]. Intermedia Channel. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "NB Renaissance per l'operazione Biolchim" [NB Renaissance for the Biolchim deal]. AIFI (in Italian). 2023.
- ↑ "Financecommunity Awards 2017, ecco tutti i vincitori" [Finance Community awards 2017: all the winners]. Finance Community (in Italian). 16 November 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2025.