Typical client
Fintech and crypto operators
Digital-native players active in crypto trading, custody, blockchain infrastructure, and asset tokenization evaluating capital raises or strategic transactions.
Sector focus
Digital Finance.
Crypto assets, blockchain, tokenization.
Digital finance in Italy moves between an evolving regulatory framework (MiCA, DLT Pilot Regime) and continuous product innovation on crypto assets, tokenization of traditional financial instruments, and blockchain infrastructure. Montesino acts as an independent technical advisor to authorized operators, financial institutions evaluating market entry, and ventures in corporate structuring or capital raising phases.
Who it's for
One sector, three lenses.
Crypto assets, blockchain, tokenization, and digital finance operators: three perspectives on the same ecosystem in regulatory evolution.
Typical client
Specialized investors
PE/VC funds with fintech verticals, tech-oriented family offices, and institutional investors interested in European digital finance.
Typical client
Banks and asset managers
Traditional institutions evaluating partnerships, acquisitions, or stakes in digital finance operators to extend their retail or institutional offering.
What we do
Recurring transactions in the sector.
The digital finance market combines rapid growth dynamics with an evolving MiCA regulatory framework. Transactions require technical expertise, regulatory understanding, and access to qualified investors.
Type
Capital raising
Equity rounds for scale-up operators, from seed to growth, with pools of specialized investors.
Type
M&A buy-side
Acquisitions of technology assets, infrastructure, and key teams for consolidation or access to new verticals.
Type
Sales and exits
Sell-side advisory for founders and early investors evaluating full or partial monetization.
Type
Institutional partnerships
Structuring of partnership deals between digital operators and traditional financial institutions.
Sector insight
Sector insights.
REPORT
Sector map and key players
NOTE
Consolidation trends and recent M&A activity
ARTICLE
Current multiples and valuation benchmarks
REPORT
Cross-border outlook and international investors
The team
Lead partner.
Ugo Zampieri
Partner
Senior expert with over 25 years in M&A and debt restructuring across IT, business services, and healthcare, with Italian and cross-border experience. Originator of mandates for several IPOs on the EGM segment (formerly AIM Italia of Borsa Italiana).
Gian Piero Sala
President
Chartered accountant since 1993, court-appointed expert (CTU) at the Tribunal of Milano (Milan). Cross-border M&A negotiations.
Mirco Galeri
Managing Partner
Thirty years of strategic and operational management, combining direct entrepreneurial activity and executive advisory. CFO and Executive Committee member at top-tier companies, with cross-sector experience in metals & mechanics, chemicals, agriculture, and services.
Riccardo Puddu Cortesi
Managing Partner
Business development and SME internationalization. Cross-border coordination with Montesino Associates LLC.