INFRAVIA III HITS ITS HARD CAP IN CLOSING AT EUR 1 BILLION

October 2016

InfraVia Capital Partners (“InfraVia”) today announces the final closing of InfraVia European Fund III (“InfraVia III”) with total commitments of € 1 billion. The fund surpassed its initial target of EUR 750 million. Fund commitments were obtained from a wide range of institutional investors from Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle-East. FIRSTavenue served as the sole global placement agent for non-French investors.

InfraVia European Fund III will focus primarily on core plus, mid-market, infrastructure with value add capabilities across a broad spectrum of infrastructure opportunities including in the transportation, energy, utilities and telecom sectors. To date, InfraVia III has already invested in 2 European infrastructure assets: Alkion Terminals in the Netherlands and NGD data centre in the UK.

“Hitting our hard cap within 6 months certainly evidences the confidence of our investors in our mid-market strategy and our capacity to create value throughoutthe investment cycle. We are very pleased to strengthen our relationships with our existing clients with a very strong re-up rate and we are also delighted to expand ourinvestors’ base across the globe”, said Vincent Levita, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of InfraVia.

“We would like to congratulate InfraVia. With this fundraise InfraVia confirms their position as one of the leading infrastructure fund managers in Europe.We look forward to continuing our relationship with the team and we wish them and their investors the best success in the next few years” commented Paul Buckley, Founder and Managing Partner of FIRSTavenue.

About InfraVia

InfraVia Capital Partners is an investment manager dedicated to the infrastructure sector. InfraVia Capital Partners manages approximately €1.7 billion of assets through three infrastructure funds, which are all positioned as long term investors across the infrastructure sectors in Europe. InfraVia Capital Partners is affiliated with the OFI Group.

About FIRSTavenue

FIRSTavenue is a leading global advisory and capital placement business focused on private funds and private companies. FIRSTavenue covers the significant investors in the developed world and the developing world. FIRSTavenue is differentiated by the breadth and depth of its reach through five global offices and benefits from a large team of former pension consultants on staff. FIRSTavenue’s clients include the leading GPs and management teams across the key private market and industry sectors: private equity, private credit, real estate and real assets.

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