F2i Fondi Italiani per le infrastrutture SGR is the Italian asset management company that controls the F2i fund, which specialises in investments in the infrastructure sector. F2i was established on 23 January 2007 as an initiative of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, a state owned bank and social security fund.

F2i’s €1.85 billion capital was almost entirely invested in the acquisition of shareholdings: therefore, F2i II, the second investment fund, was launched in October 2012 with an initial capital of €575 million, which reached €1.2 billion within the following 24 months.

The infrastructure sectors in which F2i mainly invests include (among others) the following:

• transportation infrastructure: ports, airports, motorways, freight terminals/logistics infrastructure, railways and rail terminals, etc.
• transportation and distribution networks for electricity, gas and water, as well as storage
• media and telecommunications networks
• renewable and conventional energy power plants
• waste to energy
• healthcare local public services and social infrastructure
• activities linked to the above categories