Investing in industrial development and growth
We partner with leading industrial companies to deploy strategic capital into the critical assets underpinning the global energy transition and industrial modernization.
Relationships across the value chain
WHO IS IDF?
Four ways we invest alongside our industrial companies Partners and Clients.
Industrial Development Funding manages capital on behalf of Qualified Institutional Buyers, deploying balance-sheet-efficient structures across the industrial customer value chain. Our differentiator is a deep bench of industrial companies relationships combined with a broad base of institutional funding partners, allowing us to scale complex transactions from $50 million to over $2 billion.
Founded
2015
By ex-GE industry veteran Nik Nunes @ Perella Weinberg Partners.
Registration
SEC
Managing capital for Qualified Institutional Buyers.
Reach
Global
Transactions across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Capital for the industries that build the real economy.
Energy
Fuel cells, gas, wind, storage, solar
Digital Infrastructure
High-performance compute, data centers
Transportation & Heavy Industrials
Aircraft engines, airframes, locomotives
Endorsements
“AI infrastructure customers need more than innovative technology. They also need a path to finance and deploy power rapidly. Our collaboration with IDF demonstrates how institutional capital can help accelerate the build-out of AI infrastructure”
Aman Joshi
Chief Commercial Officer,
Bloom Energy
“Morgan Stanley is proud to partner with IDF, Bloom Energy and Nebius on this landmark behind-the-meter transaction delivering rapid power solutions to critical AI infrastructure.”
Jorge Iragorri
Co-Head of Infrastructure Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
“MUFG is pleased to support Nebius, IDF, and Bloom on this landmark transaction, which provides an innovative and efficient solution for data center power demand while meeting the needs of the local community,"
Fred Zelaya
Managing Director,
Project Finance, MUFG
“IDF excels at providing innovative funding solutions to accelerate project development. Their tenacity and creativity helped us significantly expand our peaker portfolio.”
Jeff Canon
CEO & Founder, ProEnergy
“IDF provides a valuable capex deferral option to MPA customers that helps MPA land in the winners circle.”
Paul Browning
Former CEO Mitsubishi Power Americas (MPA)
“IDF provides an expansion of development funding firepower and sharing of risk for Product and Engineering Leaders, so they can develop more products or increase the pace of development across the business cycle.”
Gary Leonard
Lead Principal - Falconhead Consulting
“IDF continues to be a strong partner enabling Lambda’s growth with $500MM in GPU-backed capital. IDF has helped us create novel financial structures that accelerate the AI revolution.”
Stephen Balaban
Co-Founder and CEO of Lambda Labs
“IDF offers an interesting approach to moving cash flow forward and improving the Net Present Value of a Company. It’s a way of improving the attractiveness of any enterprise to the shareholders. I believe it’s something every CEO and CFO should take a look at.”
Jim Albaugh
Former President and CEO – Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Partner with IDF
Building the next generation
of industrial infrastructure.
