M&A Deal Summary

Actis Capital Acquires Skyline

On February 1, 2024, private equity firm Actis Capital acquired utilities company Skyline

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 7th transaction in the Utilities sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 15th transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-02-01
Target Skyline
Sector Utilities
Buyer(s) Actis Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Skyline

Brazil
Skyline is a Brazilian electricity transmission platform.

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Buyer

Actis Capital

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 26.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Actis Capital is a private equity firm focused on investments in emerging markets. Actis segments its investment activity into three areas. These include private equity, energy, and real estate. Actis' private equity team looks for buyout and growth capital opportunities requiring at least $50 million in financing. Depending on the situation, Actis will consider both controlling and minority investment situations. Sectors of interest include financial services, consumer and retail, business services, and industrial. Actis' energy group seeks to invest in in a variety of energy and utility projects. Actis' real estate team invests equity capital in office, residential, industrial, hotel and retail projects. Actis Capital was established in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 158 of 163
Sector: Utilities M&A 7 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 51 of 52
Country: Brazil M&A 15 of 15
Year: 2024 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-01-01 Connectis Tower

Belgrade, Serbia

Connectis Tower is an independent telecom tower company. Connectis Tower is based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-03-22 Swiftnet

Centurion, South Africa

Swiftnet is a tower company that owns a portfolio of 6,200 communication towers catering to the telecommunications industry and offers assets (Towers, In-Building coverage Solutions, and Small Cells) to licensed operators to deliver connectivity. Swiftnet is based in Centurion, South Africa.

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