Impact Continuity Platform
EthicFab is a platform — not a broker — for Impact Continuity in SME generational succession. It trains searchers and fractional managers (part-time executives), connects them with family businesses going through generational transition and with impact-oriented capital, helping preserve jobs, skills and value across the Mediterranean.
EthicFab was created to address a structural weak point in the European economy: the continuity of family-owned SMEs. On one side, it supports outgoing owners in planning their succession and finding qualified professionals and managers; on the other, it trains and accelerates a new generation of entrepreneurs (searchers) with mentorship and access to dedicated capital. The model draws on the tools of search funds and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), reinventing them with an explicit social and territorial impact mandate, with a focus on Southern Europe.
Generational succession is one of the structural weak points of the European economy. Behind every healthy company that closes for lack of a successor, jobs and value are lost — and local areas lose appeal and people.
Source: AUB Observatory, Bocconi–AIDAF.
EthicFab draws on the international model of search funds and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition — a structured path in which selected entrepreneur-managers acquire and lead mature, solid businesses — adapting it for the first time with a social and territorial impact mission in the Mediterranean. The platform connects three protagonists:
Succession advisory and search for qualified buyers for a responsible exit.
Training, mentorship and support to acquire or lead the business, part-time too.
Matching with impact-oriented capital and results monitoring.
The primary target is family SMEs with (current or prospective) revenue between €5M and €15M and EBITDA between €1M and €3M: the core of Sicily's and the Mediterranean's productive fabric, often solid but without a succession plan.
| Name | EthicFab |
|---|---|
| Tagline | Impact Continuity Platform |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Headquarters | Ragusa / Milan, Italy |
| Founder & MD | Andrea Cannella |
| What it does | Acceleration platform for SME generational succession |
| Model | B2B — advisory to SMEs, training and acceleration for searchers, matching with investors |
| Target | Family SMEs, revenue €5–15M · EBITDA €1–3M |
| Markets | Italy and Southern Europe (Spain, Greece, Portugal) |
| Status | Launch-stage startup / early growth (2025–2026) |
| Web | www.ethicfab.com |
| Social | LinkedIn /company/ethicfab · Instagram @ethicfab |
| Press contact | [email protected] |
Andrea Cannella is the founder of EthicFab and an entrepreneur active in business continuity and digital innovation. With a technical background as a Salesforce Architect and experience in eCommerce, AI and cloud, he has led digital transformation projects for large retailers and SMEs for over a decade.
In 2025 he founded EthicFab between Ragusa and Milan to build an Impact Continuity platform dedicated to SME succession, combining the search fund model with a strong focus on social and territorial impact. He previously held technical leadership roles at OVS S.p.A. and has owned Pempton since 2012. He is active in Sicily's startup ecosystem and in European ETA networks.
Available for: interviews, panels, podcasts, in-depth contributions.
Languages: Italian, English.
Requests → [email protected]
Saving a family business means preserving jobs, skills and local value.
Search funds and ETA work internationally: EthicFab reinvents them for Southern Europe's SMEs with an impact mission.
Training, mentorship, matching and access to capital in a single ecosystem.
With offices in Ragusa and Milan, EthicFab is building infrastructure for business continuity across Southern Europe.
Attributable to Andrea Cannella, Founder of EthicFab. To be approved/adapted before use.
«Only a minority of family businesses make it past the second generation: behind every company that closes, jobs, skills and communities are impoverished.»
Andrea Cannella · on the problem«We want to turn succession from a risk into an opportunity: those who want to leave what they've built in good hands, and a new generation ready to grow it.»
Andrea Cannella · on the mission«We're building infrastructure for business continuity in the Mediterranean, from the South. The potential of these SMEs is still largely untapped.»
Andrea Cannella · on why Ragusa and MilanThe full press release, with release date and latest updates, is available on request at [email protected].
Italian and Spanish versions available on request.
An Impact Continuity platform that supports the generational succession of SMEs, connecting businesses, searchers and investors.
The critical generational transition of family SMEs: in Italy only about 30% reach the second generation, with consequences for employment and the productive fabric.
It supports outgoing owners, trains and accelerates searchers, and facilitates matching and access to dedicated capital through an integrated platform.
Primarily in Italy and Southern Europe (Spain, Greece, Portugal), areas with a high concentration of family SMEs.
It was founded by Andrea Cannella, an entrepreneur with a background in digital transformation and the search fund model, with offices in Ragusa and Milan.
B2B: advisory to SMEs, training and acceleration for searchers, matching fees and revenue share on completed deals.
Focus on social and territorial impact, combining the search fund model with a technology platform, rooted in Southern Europe.
Logo pack available for download below; other materials are available on request at [email protected].
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Email[email protected] ContactAndrea Cannella — Founder Phone+39 338 955 5636
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