PARIS, May 11 (Reuters) - French private equity company InfraVia Capital Partners said on Monday it has closed a new tech-focused 270 million euros ($292 million) fund, which has attracted investors including Iliad telecoms founder Xavier Niel.

InfraVia said the new fund had received the support of more than 15 investors, including French insurers, family offices and successful entrepreneurs such as Niel. It added that French state bank BPIFrance would be an anchor investor for the fund.

"I am very happy to invest personally in InfraVia Growth Fund to help European scale-ups become global leaders," said Niel in a statement.

($1 = 0.9234 euros) (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Hugh Lawson)