M&A Deal Summary

DIF Capital Partners Acquires Alight

On November 9, 2022, infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners acquired renewable energy company Alight

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DIF Capital Partners’ 5th transaction in the Renewable Energy sector.
  • This is DIF Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-11-09
Target Alight
Sector Renewable Energy
Buyer(s) DIF Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra AB (Legal)

Target

Alight

Stockholm, Sweden
Alight is a solar developer and Independent Power Producer. Alight was founded in 2013 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DIF Capital Partners


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 16.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

DIF Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on infrastructure and real assets. The Firm targets opportunities across Europe, North America, and Australia and generally looks to commit €10 to €250 per transaction or project. Targeted assets include telecom infrastructure, rail, energy and non-regulated utility sectors. DIF Capital Partners was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in Schiphol, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 35
Sector: Renewable Energy M&A 5 of 8
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 10
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-05 Qair

Paris, France

Qair is an independent power producer that develops, owns, and operates multi-technology renewable energy projects. The platform is focused on a wide range of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, utility scale solar, energy from waste, hydroelectricity, (battery) storage, hydrogen production, as well as tidal energy. Qair was founded in 2017 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-25 ruhrfibre

Essen, Germany

ruhrfibre develops, construct and operate an urban fibre-to-the-home network that is primarily focusing on connecting private households, as well as public and business customers to high-speed internet. ruhrfibre is based in Essen, Germany.

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