Vauban Infra Fibre has concluded a strategic agreement with GIC for a minority stake

(Boursier.com) — Vauban Infra Fibre, the largest independent digital infrastructure platform in France, announced today that a subsidiary of GIC, a leading global investment firm, has signed a minority stake in the company.
This investment will take the form of a capital increase alongside VIF’s existing shareholders: the investment funds managed by Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Crédit Agricole Assurances (“CAA”). Following the transaction, the investment funds managed by Vauban will remain the majority shareholders of VIF.

Developed by Vauban in 2020, VIF manages more than 13 million connectable lines, across 25 assets in rural, urban and medium-density areas. VIF is a diversified platform with an attractive mix of brownfield projects, which aims to play a central role in the development of French digital infrastructure.
The platform aims to meet the needs of French communities by deploying local fiber optic networks, thus transforming rural areas into connected territories.