Deals:
Alba Infra Partners, Mirova and Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC) have announced the creation of two investment platforms dedicated to decarbonizing mobility in Europe and France, specifically, and committed €350 million to the initiative.
Asterion Industrial Partners has announced its investment into Revalue Energies, a platform for the development, construction, and management of facilities in the renewable energy sector in Italy.
Infranity has invested a total of €125 million in Energy Solutions Group’s shares, the largest independent producer of green energy in the Benelux region.
I Squared Capital and Palistar have provided £160 million of junior debt financing to alternative network provider Netomnia.
Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to sell TanQuid, the largest independent liquid petrochemical storage operator in Germany, to Sunoco following 20 years of ownership.
Octopus Energy Generation is accelerating Germany’s energy transition with the acquisition of MN Projects, a green-energy developer with a 2-gigawatt pipeline of renewables projects.
Principal Asset Management has acquired a key data center complex in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany.
Royal London, the largest mutual life, pensions and investment company in the United Kingdom, has plans to acquire Dalmore Capital, a U.K.-based infrastructure manager.
Stonepeak and Energy Equation Partners have agreed to acquire a majority interest in JET Tankstellen Deutschland, a fuel retailer in Germany and Austria.
Fundraising:
Actis has raised $1.7 billion for its second long life infrastructure fund.
Ara Partners has raised over $800 million for its inaugural infrastructure fund and associated co-investment vehicles. The Fund exceeded its target of $500 million.
Blue Owl Capital has held a final close of its most recent digital infrastructure fund, Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Fund III (ODI III), with $7 billion of total capital commitments. ODI III exceeded the original target of $4 billion and hit its hard cap.
Octopus Energy Group’s fund management arm, Octopus Energy Generation, has launched a fund for pension schemes and private wealth investors investing in the global energy transition. The CG Octopus Energy Sustainable Growth Fund I (Astris) launched with a £165 million cornerstone investment.
Schroders Capital has raised €2 billion for Junior Infrastructure Debt Europe III fund, the firm’s latest sub-investment-grade infrastructure debt strategy.
Movers & Promotions:
I Squared Capital will open a new office in Riyadh in 2025 and has hired Ali Mandour as Managing Director. Mandour was most recently at Evercore, where he led a broad range of strategic transactions across sectors in Europe and the Middle East.
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has hired Jonathan Borland as Senior Director - Capital Formation and Investor Engagement for Europe and Nordics. Borland joins Quinbrook after six years with DWS Infrastructure, a core infrastructure asset manager, where he served as a coverage specialist.
Stonepeak is establishing its presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and expanding its commitment to the Middle East. Two new senior investment professionals, Steven Ciobo and Fadi Kerbaj, will lead Stonepeak’s engagement on the ground in Riyadh.
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