On December 22, 2015, the management team of Cube Infrastructure Managers acquired from Natixis Global Asset Management all the outstanding shares it owned in Cube IM. As a result of this management buy-out, the management team now owns 100% of Cube IM.
Covage was awarded the public initiative network concession “Seine-et-Marne” in 2014. Covage will be responsible for building a backhaul, connecting homes (adressable market 320,000 homes) and operating the entire nework for the next 25 years. This constitutes a major landmark achievement for Covage, the Seine-et-Marne network being the largets ever attributed in France.
After seven years of continuous growth and development of the company, we made the decision with the founders of IslaLink to let the company open a new chapter to support its development. We are extremely pleased with the headway achieved by IslaLink with the support of Cube during those years and we are confident that under EQT control, IslaLink will continue its growth for the satisfaction of its clients.
Cube Infrastructure has acquired French energy and environmental services company Idex from European private equity firm IK Investment Partners (IK). Idex is based near Paris and is described by IK as “France’s largest independent energy and environmental services company”.
Cube’s purchase of Renewable Power International (RPI), brings with it 10 mini-hydropower plants in Spain and seven in Portugal with a combined installed capacity of 85 megawatts. Cube’s partners in the acquisition were independent fund manager Demeter Partners, the members of RPI’s management team, and two family offices in Spain: Minicentrales, which specialises in renewables; and Ovec, a company active in real estate and renewables.
RPI is an independent power producer with more than 25 years experience in renewable energies with special know-how in small hydro project development and operation in the Iberian market. With its new shareholders led by Cube Infrastructure Fund, RPI has the necessary funding to realize its development strategy focused on the Iberian market and developing renewable energy projects.
