(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Infrastructure Debt Fund 1 (IDF1), the first infrastructure debt fund of F2i Sgrhas successfully started investment activities by taking part in two loans in strategic infrastructure sectors in terms of sustainability. These first two loans will contribute to promoting, on the one hand, widespread access to data and new technologies by improving the competitiveness and quality of services in urban and extra-urban areas and, on the other, to an efficient and sustainable use of sources of energy for the purpose of reducing polluting emissions.
The Fund in particular joined the Open Fiber pool of lenders, a leading independent operator in the laying of FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) optical fiber in Italy and among the main ones in Europe. Funding contributes to support Open Fiber’s plan to develop the fiber network on a national scale.
The Fund also entered the financing for the acquisition of Falck Renewables, one of the leading independent renewable energy operators in Europe. Following the acquisition, Falck Renewables will have additional boost in the development plan of installed capacity from renewable sourcescontributing to the global goals of decarbonisation and independence from fossil fuels.
“A few months after the first closing of the Fund, these two first investments in infrastructure debt testify to IDF1’s ability to effectively use the resources entrusted to us by investors, identifying high-impact initiatives in the real economy and in line with the commitment to sustainability of the Sgr,” he commented Renato RavanelliChief Executive Officer of F2i Sgr.