IMPROVED advises Powerdot – a leading pan-European electric vehicle charging platform – on the investment from Antin Infrastructure Partners

  • Date May 18th, 2022
  • Transaction type Growth Financing
  • Sector Energy
  • Sub Sector Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Further Info

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.

 

“Destination charging is amongst the fastest growing markets by demand, but also where rapid charging needs are strongest. With strong political support aiming to ban the sale of internal combustion vehicles within the EU by 2035, EVs are expected to account for approximately 50% of the vehicle market by 2030. In partnership with Antin, Powerdot is poised to capitalise on these strong market tailwinds that are creating a huge EV charging market where destination charging solutions will dominate. IMPROVED played a crucial role in this process by supporting the team from the start.”

Luis Santiago Pinto

Powerdot co-founder and CEO

“Antin has always been at the forefront of identifying long-term market trends and evaluating emerging infrastructure sectors. We look forward to working with the Powerdot team to further scale the company to its full potential.”

Nicolas Mallet

Antin NextGen Partner

“Powerdot is redefining the way infrastructure interacts with technology and is naturally built for Pan-European leadership in Destination EV charging. It was a true pleasure to support the highly professional and uniquely talented team of Power Dot throughout this transaction. Power Dot attracted a lot of interest and we congratulate Antin for its investment.”

Sherief Rahim

Executive Director, IMPROVED

“Powerdot represents the next-gen high growth company due to its entrepreneurship at the highest level, which its stakeholders and new partner prefer to support. IMPROVED recognised the company as a global leader in the space and we are extremely honored to have supported Team Powerdot in what we believe is another landmark deal.”

Frank Verbeek

Managing Partner, IMPROVED