Futurimpresa fund getting closer to €200m target – exclusive

The backer of Italian SMEs is in talks with potential investors that could move the fundraising for Antares AZ I to around €160m.

Futurimpresa, the Milan-based fund manager, is understood from market sources to be in talks with two potential investors which could commit a combined €60 million into the firm’s Antares AZ I private debt fund, which has raised around €100 million so far.

The firm itself declined to comment on fundraising.