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Actis is a growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure. Actis builds and operates critical infrastructure, providing investors access to what it believes are the fastest-growing themes influencing the global economy – energy, digital infrastructure and transportation.

Actis is a growth markets specialist, with an industrialist mindset that brings deep operational expertise to every investment. It focuses on sustainability with the aim of mitigating risk, creating value and future-proofing its assets. Actis is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative supported by the United Nations. 

In October 2024, Actis joined forces with General Atlantic, a leading global growth investor, creating a diversified, global investment platform, together we have approximately US$126 billion in combined assets under management. Actis operates as General Atlantic’s sustainable infrastructure business. This strategic combination further enhances Actis’ focus as a leader in global sustainable infrastructure. 

For more than 20 years, Actis has been dedicated to one enduring conviction: that some of the world’s greatest infrastructure opportunities lie not in the western developed markets, but in the growth markets home to most of humanity – where demand is acute, capital is scarce, and the rewards for disciplined investors are, we believe, structurally superior.

Domestic renewable generation does more than lower emissions. It reduces import dependence, improves resilience and gives governments and industrial customers greater visibility over future power costs. Governments in growth markets are prioritising diversification and security of supply. 

To date, the firm has deployed US$23 billion across 60+ countries and achieved 240+ exits. In the process, it has built or operated over 42GW of energy installed capacity since inception.

You can learn more about Actis at www.act.is

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Vision and beliefs

Actis believes that the most compelling infrastructure investment opportunities lie in growth markets – economies in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, that are undergoing rapid structural transformation. These markets require critical, core infrastructure to deliver essential services: clean and reliable energy, digital connectivity, efficient logistics, and sustainable infrastructure environments. Meeting that need creates the conditions for long-term growth – and for competitive, risk-adjusted returns for investors.

Actis is a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure. Actis invests in structural themes that aim to support long-term, equitable growth in defensive, critical infrastructure across energy transition, digitalisation transition, and supply chain transformation.

Actis believes that the firm’s decades of global experience, operational know-how and strong culture position it to help build global sustainability leaders at scale. Actis is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative supported by the United Nations.

In October 2024, Actis joined forces with General Atlantic, a leading global growth investor, creating a diversified, global investment platform, together we have approximately US$126 billion in combined assets under management. Actis operates as General Atlantic’s sustainable infrastructure business. This strategic combination further enhances Actis’ focus as a leader in global sustainable infrastructure.

Investment process and research

Actis follows a disciplined, thematic investment process anchored in three structural growth drivers: the energy transition, the digitalisation transition, and supply chain transformation. These themes reflect long-term, durable forces reshaping economies across growth markets, and they guide how we allocate capital, build platforms, and manage risk.

Market selection

Disciplined market selection is the foundation of our risk management and investment. We invest in markets with a demonstrated track record of successful

private infrastructure investment, enforceable contracts, and stable regulatory frameworks that support long-term asset ownership. Our 14-office global network gives us deep, on-the-ground insight into the markets where we operate – allowing us to assess political, currency, and counterparty risk with a granularity that, in our view, is difficult to achieve from a distance, and to seek to avoid markets where we believe the conditions for sustainable returns are absent.

Origination and screening

Our locally embedded investment professionals develop proprietary deal flow and relationships built over decades. Every opportunity is screened against strict investment criteria: infrastructure businesses with defensive, contracted revenue profiles; essential service provision underpinned by government or investment-grade counterparties; barriers to entry; and clear paths to operational value creation.

Due diligence and risk assessment

Commercial, financial, legal, and sustainability due diligence are conducted in parallel. We rigorously assess regulatory and offtake risk, currency and refinancing exposure, construction risk, and management quality before committing capital. Benchmarked sustainability analysis is integrated from the outset, not applied retrospectively. We view strong sustainability credentials as a risk mitigation tool, a driver of operational value, and can be an exit enabler: assets that operate responsibly attract a broader buyer universe and command stronger exit multiples in our experience.

Operational value creation and risk preservation 

Actis’ value creation model is operationally-led. We actively build and operate businesses alongside management teams – driving revenue growth, improving capital efficiency, and executing buy-and-build strategies. Active asset management also preserves value: our dedicated in-house teams monitor operational, financial, and sustainability performance throughout the holding period, identifying and addressing risks before they crystallise. All of this is also baked in and considered as part of the investment process.

Exit

We target exits that realise full value for investors. Our track record of building and selling major infrastructure platforms in growth markets reflects the quality and consistency of this approach. Our ability to successfully exit is always a key consideration prior to investment and forms a crucial part of the investment process.