Antin Infrastructure Partners (“Antin”, Ticker: ANTIN – ISIN: FR0014005AL0) announced that its NextGen investment platform has signed with Powerdot, Arié Group and other current shareholders an investment agreement where Antin will invest in Powerdot, a leading European owner-operator of destination and en-route electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.
IMPROVED acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Powerdot in this landmark cross-border EV charging infrastructure transaction. The IMPROVED team accompanied Powerdot through a competitive process to select the appropriate partner for the next phase of its growth plan.
Founded in Portugal in 2018, Powerdot rapidly expanded into France, Belgium, Spain and Poland to comprise a network of approximately 5,000 charging points in high-traffic public locations. This extensive and continuously expanding network has been built through Powerdot’s commercial partnerships with large retailers as well as asset managers, shopping centres, motor service stations and fleet operators such as Uber.