Formerly Srei International Finance, Srei Infrastructure Finance (SIFL) is a leading infrastructure equipment finance and infrastructure project finance company. The company was incorporated in 1989 in Kolkata.
SIFL has also ventured overseas and has set up offices in Germany and Russia. SIFL is also into renewable energy product finance. The company is a shareholder in Quipo Infrastructure Equipment Limited. SREI Venture Capital is a subsidiary of the company. SIFL has also formed a 100% subsidiary outfit in Germany, International Infrastructure Services GmbH, to venture into global corporate leasing business.
SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited is engaged in infrastructure financing since 1989. SREI Infra was initially incorporated by the name Shri Radha Krishna Export Industries Limited on March 29, 1985 but was changed to Srei International Limited on May 29, 1992, further to Srei International Finance Limited with effect from April 12, 1994 and finally to its existing name of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited on August 31, 2004 to reflect its focus on financial services.
With a history of over 25 (twenty five) years in the infrastructure sector, SREI Infra has been a holistic infrastructure institution. The business model of the Company encompasses providing financial products and services for the customers engaged in infrastructure development and construction, with particular focus on power, road, telecom, port, oil and gas & special economic zone sectors in India with a medium to long term perspective.
SREI is among the few Indian NBFCs to have accessed the international market for funds and to have been listed on the London Stock Exchange. Many multilateral institutions including KfW & DEG Germany (Financial Institutions owned by the Government of Germany), FMO (Financial Institution owned by the Government of Netherlands), BIO (Financial Institution owned by the Government of Belgium), FINFUND (Financial Institution owned by the Government of Finland), Nordic Investment Bank, UPS Capital Business Credit, PROPARCO, OeEB (Development Bank of Austria), European Bank (EIB) etc. had invested in Srei Group.
With a large customer base and over Rs.36,702.83 crore of Consolidated Assets Under Management as at March 31, 2016 and over Rs.35,388 crore of Consolidated Assets Under Management as at March 31, 2015, SREI Group has a pan-India presence with a network of 99 offices. As per Reserve Bank of India notification, being an NBFC, SREI Infra does business in following infrastructure sectors:
- Road Projects
- Power Projects
- Port Projects
- Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Projects
- Logistic Projects
- Pipeline Projects (Oil, Gas and Petroleum)
- Aviation Sector
- Agro Sector (Agro processing & preservation)