One of Malta’s leading private equity investors, Albert Alsina, is on the hunt for a small handful of Maltese SMEs to scale up through investment from a new southern European fund.
Mr Alsina, the founder of Mediterranea Capital Partners (MCP), said the fund is looking to invest some €150 million in two to three SMEs from each of Malta, Spain, Italy and France.
He is targeting companies with strong international growth potential, particularly in Africa, and whose owners are willing to sell a majority stake in their business while remaining part of the company for at least five years.
“Our geographical diversification strategy can bring a lot of value to companies with the ambition to go further and who want to monetise the work they have done,” he said yesterday during a fireside chat with Brown’s co-founder Alexander Fenech at an event organised by Pevca Malta.
“We’ve been in Malta for 13 years now, it’s been gratifying for us, and we want to give something back.”
MCP manages some €1.3 billion in assets, mostly in Africa, with investments spanning a diverse range of sectors including banking, medicine, education, wheat collection and packaging.
Its investments have helped produce three Moroccan unicorns – Akdital, Cash Plus and TGCC.
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