History

Antin was founded in 2007 and is led by Alain Rauscher and Mark Crosbie.

We focus solely on investing in infrastructure with the objective of generating attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors through a combination of capital appreciation and cash yield.

The firm comprises over 200 professionals representing over 30 nationalities, with offices in Paris, London, New York, Singapore and Luxembourg. In December 2012, the team completed the buyout of a minority stake held by BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Today, Antin is majority owned by its management, who have always had independence on all investment and asset management decisions.

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2008

January Firm

The Managing Partners begin a deliberate hiring strategy to assemble a team of experienced professionals with a complementary and diverse set of expertise

August Fund I

Launch of the firm’s first fund, Antin Infrastructure Partners I

October Portfolio

Fund I invests in Bina Istra, a toll road operator in Croatia

December Portfolio

Fund I invests in Porterbrook, a UK rail rolling stock company

2011

July Portfolio

Fund I invests in Antin Solar, a platform of solar photovoltaic power plants in Italy

August Portfolio

Fund I invests in Andasol 1&2, two concentrated solar power plants in Spain

October Portfolio

Fund I invests in Axión, the second largest telecommunications broadcaster in Spain

2009

July Portfolio

Fund I invests in Euroports, a pan-European bulk port operator

2012

November Portfolio

Fund I invests in FPS Towers, creating the first independent telecommunications tower company in France

December Firm

The Managing Partners and Partners purchase BNP Paribas’ minority stake in Antin

2013

March Portfolio

Fund I invests in Westerleigh, a private operator and developer of crematoria and cemeteries in the UK

July Fund II

Launch and first close of the firm’s second fund, Antin Infrastructure Partners II

2014

June Fund II

Final close of Antin Infrastructure Partners II at the €2 billion hard cap, one of the largest infrastructure funds focused solely on Europe ever to be raised. The fundraising process significantly exceeded its initial target of €1.5 billion

July Portfolio

Fund II invests in CATS, a UK operator of a midstream natural gas pipeline and processing terminal

September Portfolio

Fund II invests in Roadchef, an operator of motorway service areas in the UK

2007

December Firm

Antin founded with a minority seed investment from BNP Paribas. The Managing Partners retain all investment and management decisions

2015

May Portfolio

Fund II invests in Eurofiber, a leading telecom infrastructure (optic fibre) business based in the Netherlands

July Portfolio

Fund II invests in Amedes, one of the leading platforms for medical diagnostics in Germany

 

2010

February Portfolio

Fund I invests in Pisto, an integrated midstream oil company in France

August Fund I

Final close of Antin Infrastructure Partners I, securing over €1 billion to invest in European infrastructure and target the energy and environment, telecommunications and transportation sectors

2016

April Portfolio

Fund II invests in Inicea, the leading private operator dedicated to psychiatric care in France. The company's portfolio comprises 11 clinics and over 1,200 beds and day care places

June Portfolio

Fund II invests in GSR, which operates the long-term concessions providing exclusive rights to the commercial leasing and advertising spaces of the 14 largest Italian railway stations

December Fund III

First and final close of Antin Infrastructure Partners III. Totalling €3.6bn, Fund III was closed in less than five months, making it the firm's largest and fastest fundraise to date

2017

July Portfolio

Fund III invests in Kisimul, a leading UK provider of specialist education and care services

October Portfolio

Fund III invests in Almaviva Santé, the fifth-largest private hospital group in France

2018

February Portfolio

Fund III invests in Hesley, a leading UK provider of specialist education and care services.

 

June Portfolio

Fund III invests in CityFibre, the UK’s leading alternative provider of wholesale full-fibre network infrastructure.

July Portfolio

Fund III invests in FirstLight Fiber, a provider of fibre-optic data, Internet, data centre, cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast of the US.

July Portfolio

Fund III invests in Lyntia, a leading independent wholesale fibre platform in Spain with a unique nation-wide long-haul network providing dark fibre, lit fibre and FTTH to telecommunications operators.

August Portfolio

Fund III invests in IDEX, a French key player in the energy transition space and a leading independent energy infrastructure and services business.

October Portfolio

Fund III invests in Sølvtrans, a global leader in the transportation of live salmon and trout and provision of infrastructure and specialised services to the aquaculture industry. 

 

2019

December Portfolio

Fund IV invests in Vicinity Energy, the largest district energy portfolio in the US comprising of 13 district energy systems serving ten major cities, primarily in core downtown areas. 

2020

July Fund IV

Final close of Antin Infrastructure Partners IV at the €6.5 billion hard cap. The fund exceeded the original target of €5.5 billion and was significantly oversubscribed.

October Portfolio

Fund IV invests in Miya, a world leading operator in water distribution and efficiency projects.

November Portfolio

Fund IV invests in Babilou Family, one of the largest Early Years Education networks in the world, present in 12 countries.

November Portfolio

Fund II exits and Fund IV invests in Eurofiber, the largest independent provider of fixed telecom infrastructure dedicated to business customers (B2B) in the Netherlands and Belgium.

2021

February Portfolio

Fund IV invests in Hippocrates, the leading Italian independent pharmacy platform.

June Mid Cap Fund I

Final close of Antin Mid Cap I, significantly exceeding the fund’s €1.5 billion target to reach its hard cap at €2.2 billion ($2.6 billion).

July Portfolio

Mid Cap Fund I invests in Pulsant, a leading regionally focused data centre platform in the UK, providing mission critical IT infrastructure.

October Portfolio

Mid Cap Fund I invests in ERR – European Rail Rent - one of Europe’s leading asset managers for rail freight cars.

November Portfolio

Fund IV invests in Origis Energy, a leading renewable energy platform in the United States with a growing pipeline of solar and storage projects. 

2022

March Portfolio

Mid Cap I invests in Lake State Railway Company (LSRC), an approximately 375-mile rail freight network spanning the eastern corridor of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

April Portfolio

NextGen I invests in SNRG, a developer, installer and operator of smart grid networks in the UK. 

July Portfolio

NextGen I invests in Power Dot, one of the fastest-growing owner-operators of charging points for electric vehicles in Europe.

July Portfolio

NextGen I invests in RAW Charging, one of the largest UK providers of electric vehicle charging solutions to blue-chip customers.

September Portfolio

Fund IV invests in Wildstone, the leading owner of independent outdoor media infrastructure in the UK. 

November Portfolio

Mid Cap I invests in HOFI, the leading funeral infrastructure operator in Italy. 

November Portfolio

Fund V invests in Blue Elephant Energy, a fast-growing renewable energy platform that focuses on developing, acquiring, and operating solar parks and wind farms.

2023

January Portfolio

Mid Cap I invests in Empire Access, a regional broadband provider serving large areas of Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania 

February Portfolio

NextGen I invests in PearlX, a smart-grid, clean electrification company that owns and operates renewable energy infrastructure in the United States.