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BULLISH ON INDIA

WILL INVEST UP TO $2.5 BN IN

ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE

ACTIS CHAIRMAN CAESAR

merging markets investor Actis ReNew Power and in 2022, it sold Sprng think about that, over 10 years, that
plans to deploy up to $2.5 billion Energy to energy major Shell. means that the infrastructure investment
Ein India over the next four years is going to be three to four times the size
as the sustainable infrastructure-focused While Actis has had a successful track of what it is today. The infrastructure side
investor eyes opportunities in energy record of private equity investments, of alternatives is just going to be
transition, digital infrastructure and such as Paras Pharma in India which absolutely massive,” said Caesar.
logistics and warehousing sectors, was acquired by Reckitt Benckiser, since
Chairman and Senior Partner Torbjorn Caesar took over the leadership of the “If you look at the global economic
Caesar told ET. firm in 2015, the investor has transitioned growth over say 20 years, we will need to
to focus on infrastructure investing build another planet of power plants,
Actis has emerged as one of the most across emerging markets. because the need for electricity grows
successful infrastructure investors in above GDP growth. And on top of that,
India over the last decade having built “There are several forecasts that the you have the existing installed base of
and sold two large renewable energy infrastructure space globally will see fossil fueled power plants that need then
platforms. In 2018, Actis sold its Ostro to CAGR growth rate of 12-15% and if you be transitioned into a green, zero carbon

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