By Valentina Za, Elisa Anzolin and Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – For years Dionisio Archiutti had seen his father toy with the idea of bringing a new investor into the family business, but he knew time would not necessarily help the 80-year-old decide. “Italian entrepreneurs often tighten their grip on their firms as they get older, fearing there may not be a future without them at the helm,” he said. Yet a year into the pandemic, Giacomo Carlo Archiutti sold 30% of the kitchen manufacturer he founded in 1967 in Italy’s industrial north east to a private equity firm. Pre-pandemic the Archiu…