Key Takeaways
- Sector: Technology Software & Gaming.
- Geography: Italy, United States.
Analysis
One Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Digital Value S.p.A., a Rome-based technology solutions group that trades on the Milan market. The deal underlines the continuing appetite of mid-market PE buyers to anchor growth in Italy's IT services ecosystem.
Digital Value, a long-standing IT solutions and value-added reseller backed by partnerships with leading technology vendors, delivers Big Data, AI and cloud computing solutions, plus data management infrastructure and digital workplace services. The company operates from its Rome headquarters and maintains offices in Milan, Prato and Florence, employing around 680 people.
OEP frames the investment as a platform for accelerated expansion and transformative combinations with complementary businesses, aiming to widen Digital Value’s managed services and cloud offerings across Italy and beyond. In remarks aligned with a traditional PE growth playbook, Vittorio Palladino, OEP Principal, highlighted the firm’s intent to support Digital Value’s scale and cross-border opportunities, while maintaining a strong services footprint for its public- and private-sector client base.
With a footprint that includes service lines across data analytics, cloud infrastructure and digital transformation, Digital Value has positioned itself as a core enabler of Italy’s modernization drive for both paid and public sectors. The business is listed on the Euronext Milan exchange, reflecting its established market presence and the potential for further value creation through operational improvements and selective add-ons.
The investment aligns with One Equity Partners’ focus on the technology-enabled industrials and services space in Europe and North America, where it has pursued a history of accretive acquisitions and scale creation. OEP’s approach emphasizes transformative combinations and the development of integrated solutions that expand Digital Value’s reach in enterprise IT, data management and digital workplace engineering.