Investment Summary

Newlight Partners Invests In Leyline Renewable Capital

On October 17, 2019, private equity firm Newlight Partners invested in renewable energy company Leyline Renewable Capital

Investment Highlights
  • This is Newlight Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Renewable Energy sector.
  • This is Newlight Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Newlight Partners’ 1st transaction in North Carolina.

Investment Summary
Date 2019-10-17
Target Leyline Renewable Capital
Sector Renewable Energy
Investor(s) Newlight Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Leyline Renewable Capital

Durham, North Carolina, United States
Leyline Renewable Capital is a provider of renewable energy with deep expertise in project development, construction, and finance. Leyline has provided financing to developers that bridges the gap between mid-stage development and construction across several renewable energy sectors, including solar, storage, wind, and renewable natural gas. Leyline Renewable Capital was founded in 2016 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Newlight Partners

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2018
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Newlight Partners is a growth-focused middle market private equity firm investing in companies across North America. The Firm seeks to partner with founders and management teams in businesses in a variety of industries including healthcare, financial services, digital transformation, and decarbonization. Newlight Partners typically commits up to $150 million per transaction to support long-term growth initiatives. Newlight Partners was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 12
Sector (Renewable Energy) 2 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 8
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 9
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-06 euNetworks

London, United Kingdom

euNetworks is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure services. euNetworks focuses on delivering scalable, fiber-based products and solutions to a customer base that is at the center of technology transformation. euNetworks was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-01 Lit Fibre

Reading, United Kingdom

Lit Fibre is a fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") internet service provider in the UK. Lit Fibre is building FTTH infrastructure and bringing high-speed gigabit broadband to residents and businesses in underserved towns and communities. Lit Fibre is based in Reading, United Kingdom.

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