In May 2011, a consortium made up of F2i (87.5%) and Intesa Sanpaolo (12.5%) took over 100% stake in Metroweb, a telecommunications company that controls a 330,000-kilometre-long optical fibre network covering an area of over 2.7 million inhabitants, mainly in the Municipality of Milan and partially in the rest of Lombardy.
[4] At the end of 2012 F2i acquired a further 14.52% stake in SEA and invested in SAGAT, the management company of Turin Caselle Airport.
[11] In March 2016, a consortium led by F2i acquired, through F2i Healthcare, 37.3% of KOS, one of the main players in the Italian long-term care sector.
In 2018, thanks to the acquisition of the entire vegetable biomass plant portfolio from the Enel Group, F2i became one of the main players in the renewables sector and a leader in Italy.
[25] In April 2020 F2i announced its first investment through the Ania F2i Fund, acquiring a 92.5% stake in CFI – Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana, Italy's third largest freight operator.
[27] In October 2020, F2i SGR, together with Asterion Industrial Partners, completed the acquisition of Sorgenia, thus creating an integrated provider of energy transition technologies, with an installed capacity of around 4,800 Megawatts.
[28][29] On 23 October 2020 F2i signed an agreement to acquire 80% of Geasar S.p.A., the Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport management company, from Alisarda S.p.A.[30][citation needed] At the beginning of 2021 F2i signed an agreement for the sale to Crédit Agricole Assurances of a 30% stake in EF Solare Italia, keeping the remaining 70%.
[38] In August 2021, F2i - through its Sustainable Infrastructure Fund - acquired 70% of ReLIfe, the largest private operator active in the reuse and energy recovery of paper and plastic packaging.
[40] In March 2022, F2i announced that it had participated - through 2i Aeroporti - in the capital increase of Skyports, a leading global operator in the design and management of Vertiports and drone delivery and inspection services.
[41] In May 2022, the Fund reached an agreement to acquire Althea Group Spa, a leading Italian private operator in the integrated management of biomedical infrastructure.
[43] In October 2022, the third Integrated Sustainability Report is presented, highlighting the progress made in environmental, economic and social performance, not only by F2i sgr, but also by its portfolio companies.
[46] In July 2023, IDF1 surpassed the EUR 200 million investment threshold by signing three new financing transactions in strategic sectors, again with a focus on sustainability.
[47] In the following month, August 2023, IDF1 carried out a further financing transaction in the same strategic sector to support Veritas Spa's circular economy and water network improvement projects.
[48] In November 2023, F2i closing of 3 new transactions in Europe by IDF1, reaching more than €310 million of invested capital in 12 months, which represent 75% of the funds raised to date.
The investments are focused on digital infrastructure and sustainable mobility, financing operators active mainly in Central and Western Europe in the sectors of telco towers, data centers and leasing of electric traction railway locomotives.
[52][53] In January 2024 F2i hits the funding target of F2i–Rete Digitale: It will invest 1 billion in NetCo, Tim's national fixed network alongside KKR and Mef.
The fund aims to identify companies operating in the infrastructure sector that can combine industrial growth with continuous improvement in environmental, social and governance (ESG) parameters.