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Bringing together over 40 years of international experience, Angelo Saccà and Antonio Garufi have founded Eolo Capital, a SF designed to facilitate entrepreneurial transitions in Italy. They have secured the backing of numerous founders, investors, and industry experts to drive the growth of their target company. Among their supporters are Arada Capital Partners, Cerralvo Capital, Coca Capital, Ethos Partners, Kinderhook Partners, Novadvice, Scipio Holding, Spectra Investments, TTCER Partners, Alex Carel, Michael McDonald, Giovanni Camera, Hiten Varia, Michele Spangaro, and Vito Giurazza.
Angelo is a strategic and commercially driven executive board member and investment professional with nearly 20 years of international experience spanning general management, private equity, investment banking, credit ratings, and consulting. As Managing Director at Evexia Ventures, he collaborates with SMEs in finance, technology, luxury, healthcare, and logistics. Previously, he led inorganic growth at Athora, served on multiple boards, and held senior positions at Greenhill & Co. and UBS. He began his career as a consultant at Axon HCL and CSC.
Antonio has 20 years of experience and started his career at Tod’s, Citibank and then JPMorgan in London before transitioning to the buy side at Astor, where he executed several investments in the healthcare sector, services, industrial, and consumer industries. After an entrepreneurial experience, working on communication data packages via SMS technology, he joined Decalia, where he managed the first thematic equity fund dedicated to sustainable investments and the circular economy with a focus on value creation initiatives. He then served as MD and board member at Sterling Active Fund, a Europe-focused fund with a Private Equity approach on small listed companies. He has been a faculty member at Bocconi University for 10 years, teaching courses in finance, sustainable investments, banking, and PE.
Headquartered in Milan, Eolo Capital aims to acquire an Italian SME with strong long-term value creation potential. Sector-agnostic in its approach, the SF seeks a resilient company with a clear competitive advantage, stable growth, low exposure to economic cycles, and a presence in a large, fragmented market with significant consolidation opportunities and low capital intensity.
