Building Europe’s Foundations: The Role of Private Capital in Infrastructure (Invest Europe)
Summary
- Infrastructure funds raised €265bn in Europe from 2020 to H1 2025, with €41bn raised in H1 2025 alone.p.7
- Total equity investment in European infrastructure reached €167bn across 1,039 companies or projects between 2020 and H1 2025.p.7
- Brownfield assets accounted for 83% of total investment during the period, while greenfield projects represented 17%.p.7
- Southern Europe attracted the largest share of investment capital with €48bn, followed by UK & Ireland with €46bn.p.7
- France & Benelux led fundraising by region, securing €91bn in capital raised from 2020 to H1 2025.p.7
- Renewable energy, telecommunications, and transport comprised 81% of total deployed investment capital.p.7
- Divestments totaled €16bn across 344 European companies or projects over the five and a half year period.p.7
Key insights
- The 2024 Draghi report called on the EU to deploy an additional €800 billion per year to strengthen Europe's competitiveness and infrastructure.p.6
- Funds larger than €2 billion represented 62% of all capital raised by infrastructure vehicles between 2020 and H1 2025.p.7
- Transactions larger than €500m made up 54% of total capital deployed, while 57% of funded projects received allocations under €20m.p.7
- Cross-border investment within Europe reached €93bn between 2020 and H1 2025, exceeding the €73bn invested domestically.p.7
- Greenfield investment activity grew at an average rate of 16% year-on-year from 2020 to H1 2025.p.7
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