Rive Private Investment

Managing Partners Etienne Mouthon and Yann Thomas co-lead the firm alongside designated practice partners: Pierre du Passage heads the energy transition team, while Camille Brunel oversees transportation assets. The same team is responsible for each investment from acquisition through realization, which the firm cites as a mechanism for accountability.

Rive develops proprietary deal flow through a network of local operating partners across OECD countries, combined with the senior team’s structured-finance relationships at institutions like Société Générale, Morgan Stanley, and Amundi Energy Transition. The firm targets small and mid-market assets that are often below the size threshold of large-cap infrastructure funds.

Rive invests directly in real assets and structures dedicated mandates for institutional and family office investors, rather than operating as a fund-of-funds. It deploys capital via both commingled funds and separately managed accounts focused on energy transition infrastructure and transportation assets.

The firm focuses on the acquisition, financing, and long-term active management of operational transportation assets and energy transition infrastructure. It does not target early-stage venture or greenfield project development; the emphasis is on existing, cash-generating assets requiring structured capital and operational leasing expertise.

The two practices operate as distinct verticals under shared management. The energy transition team invests in renewable energy generation, storage, and heating infrastructure through equity and structured finance. The transportation team acquires mobile assets — helicopters, locomotives, aircraft, ships — and acts as an operating lessor, managing assets across their lifecycle and remarketing residual value at exit.