(IN BRIEF) The EIB Group has pledged €17.5 billion to accelerate energy efficiency investments by more than 350,000 European SMEs between 2025 and 2027. Backed by the European Commission, the initiative will nearly double current EIB support and aims to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged 000 SMEs cut energy costs and emissions, Bertrand Piccard, competitiveness, Dan Jørgensen, decarbonisation, EIB and European Commission launch €17.5 billion drive to help 350, EIB Group, EIB Group commits €17.5 billion to accelerate SME energy efficiency investments across Europe, energy efficiency, Europe, European Commission, European Investment Bank, financing, green transition, InvestEU, LIFE Clean Energy Transition, Nadia Calviño, partnership, SMEs, Solar Impulse Foundation, Solar Impulse Foundation partners with EIB to promote energy efficiency as a service for European businesses, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Flexam Invest has secured a €50 million investment from the European Investment Fund (EIF) in its Kartesia Asset Finance III (KAF III) fund, partially backed by the EU’s InvestEU programme. With this commitment, KAF III has now raised … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged asset management, decarbonisation, EIF, EIF invests in Flexam Invest’s KAF III fund, European economy, European Investment Fund, Flexam Invest, Florian de Sigy, green transition, industrial assets, infrastructure financing, InvestEU, KAF III, Kartesia Asset Finance III, Kartesia Asset Finance III reaches nearly €200 million at second closing with new EIF commitment backed by InvestEU, maritime vessels, Marjut Falkstedt, Mid-Cap companies, mobile assets, partnership, private debt, rescue helicopters, SMEs, supporting sustainable growth and transformation projects across European SMEs, sustainability, Sustainable Finance, warehouse automation
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved up to €17.5 million in venture debt financing for Joltie SA, a Greek EV charging operator, to install about 2,200 new charging points in Greece and Cyprus by 2029. Supported by … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Cyprus, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Attica, Climate Action, Climate Bank Roadmap, Cohesion Regions, Cyprus, EIB, electric mobility, European Investment Bank, EV charging, Greece, green transition, InvestEU, Joltie, partnership, sustainability, sustainable transport, Transport Lending Policy, venture debt, Yannis Tsakiris
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two financing agreements worth €425 million to modernise 477 primary schools in Marseille, supporting France’s Marseille en Grand initiative. The funding includes a €340 million loan to the Société Publique des … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Education, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Benoît Payan, carbon footprint reduction, Education Infrastructure, EIB, European Investment Bank, French Government, Georges-François Leclerc, InvestEU, Marseille, Marseille en Grand, Nicolas Andreatta, partnership, Plan Ecoles, primary schools, school renovation, Société Publique des Ecoles Marseillaises, SPEM, sustainable schools
(IN BRIEF) Prime Capital AG has expanded its Prime Sustainable Infrastructure Debt Fund (PSIDEF) to €130 million after securing a new €30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund under the InvestEU programme. The Article 9 fund focuses on financing … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Andreas Kalusche, Article 9 fund, battery energy storage systems, BESS, cash yield, Continental Europe, decarbonisation, EIF, ESG investing, European Investment Fund, infrastructure debt, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, Nordics, partnership, Prime Capital, Prime Sustainable Infrastructure Debt Fund, PSIDEF, renewable energy, SMEs, Stefan Futschik, sustainability, Sustainable Finance
(IN BRIEF) NIB and NORD/LB will provide up to EUR 64 million to finance two 91 MWp solar parks in Izabelinė and Lieponys, Lithuania, developed by Green Genius. Supported by the InvestEU programme, the projects include an 18 MW battery … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Lithuania, News, Technology
Tagged battery energy storage, BESS, clean energy transition, CO2 reduction, EBRD, energy diversification, energy transition, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Green Deal, Green Genius, Ignalina municipality, InvestEU, Izabelinė, Lieponys, Lithuania, NIB, NORD/LB, Nordic Investment Bank, Photovoltaic, PV capacity, renewable energy financing, renewable energy projects, solar energy, sustainable infrastructure, Trakai district, utility-scale solar
(IN BRIEF) EIB has granted a €45 million green loan—backed by InvestEU—to BrianzAcque to finance its 2025–2029 plan for upgrading water treatment, sewer networks, and stormwater management across Monza and Brianza, benefiting 877 000 people. The funding will support flood … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged BrianzAcque, climate resilience, EIB, Enrico Boerci, European Investment Bank, flood prevention, Gelsomina Vigliotti, green loan, InvestEU, Italy, Monza and Brianza, partnership, rainwater separation, retention basins, sewer network, sustainability, sustainable development, water infrastructure, water treatment
(IN BRIEF) Sunly will build four solar parks in Latvia totaling 329 MW capacity—54 MW in Valmiera, 90 MW in Krāslava, 81 MW in Madona, and 104 MW in Saldus—using €85 million in loans from EIB, EBRD, and SEB. Completion … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Latvia, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 329 MW, Barkava, battery storage systems, Climate Action, Dagda, EBRD, EIB, energy security, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Grzegorz Zieliński, hybrid renewable energy, Ints Krasts, InvestEU, Latvia, Matīši, non-recourse financing, partnership, SEB, solar parks, Sunly, sustainability, Thomas Östros, Toms Nāburgs, wind integration, Zirņi
(IN BRIEF) Infraestruturas de Portugal and the Avan Norte consortium have inked a 30‑year concession to deliver the Porto–Oiã section of the Lisbon–Porto high‑speed railway, marking the kickoff of Phase 1. The European Investment Bank will underwrite €875 million of the total … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Portugal, Technology, Travel
Tagged Avan Norte–Gestão da Ferrovia de Alta Velocidade, Carlos Mota Santos, CEF, climate targets, Connecting Europe Facility, EIB, European Investment Bank, Infraestruturas de Portugal, InvestEU, IP, Jean‑Christophe Laloux, Lisbon–Porto high‑speed railway, LusoLAV, Miguel Cruz, Miguel Pinto Luz, Nadia Calviño, partnership, Porto–Oiã section, public‑private partnership, sustainability, sustainable mobility, Teresa Ribera, territorial cohesion
(IN BRIEF) The EIF has invested €75 million in Serena Infra II—managed by Serena Industrial Partners—with a €250 million target to fund early‑stage sustainable mobility, water, social, digital infrastructure, and energy transition projects across Europe; supported by the EU’s InvestEU programme and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged biogas, Biomass, Climate Action, digital infrastructure, EIB Group, EIF, energy efficiency, energy transition, environmental sustainability, European Investment Fund, InvestEU, Joaquin Camacho, low‑carbon economy, Marjut Falkstedt, mid‑cap funding, pan‑European fund, partnership, Serena Industrial Partners, Serena Infra II, SME investment, social infrastructure, sustainability, sustainable mobility, water infrastructure
(IN BRIEF) The EIB has extended a €20 million venture debt facility to Solynta, a Dutch biotech firm specializing in true potato seeds, under the InvestEU initiative. This funding will accelerate Solynta’s hybrid breeding research, which replaces bulky, perishable tubers with … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech, Technology
Tagged climate resilience, disease resistance, EIB, European Investment Bank, food security, Gelsomina Vigliotti, hybrid breeding, InvestEU, Klasja van de Ridder, late blight, non‑GMO, partnership, Peter Poortinga, Solynta, sustainability, true potato seeds, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, venture debt
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is extending a €20 million venture-debt loan to PulPac to scale its Dry Molded Fiber technology—an innovative, dry-molding process that converts cellulose fibers into rigid, renewable packaging. Funded under the EU’s InvestEU programme, the financing will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged cellulose fiber, circular economy, Dry Molded Fiber, EIB, European Investment Bank, global licensing platform, InvestEU, Niclas Möller, partnership, PulPac, Roderick Sundell, single-use plastic alternative, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, Sweden, Thomas Östros, venture debt
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank is extending a €21 million venture debt loan to adtech firm DanAds to scale its self-serve, AI-powered platform that automates ad sales directly within publisher websites. This financing, under InvestEU, will enable DanAds to … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Sweden, Technology
Tagged adtech, AI ad design, AI-Driven Solutions, DanAds, digital sovereignty, Eastern Europe expansion, EIB, European Investment Bank, InvestEU, Istvan Beres, Malmö, partnership, Peo Persson, precision targeting, publishers, self-serve advertising, SMEs, venture debt, white-label platform, €50 million investment
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank is granting OLEDWorks a €30 million loan, co-financed by the InvestEU programme, to expand production and R&D at its Aachen site. OLEDWorks specializes in energy-efficient, high-brightness OLED lighting for automotive stop-and-turn signals, microdisplays, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 45 new jobs, Aachen, automotive stop and turn signals, David DeJoy, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, European manufacturing, Future Tech programme, high brightness, InvestEU, microdisplays, multi-stack OLED, Nicola Beer, OLED lighting, OLEDWorks, partnership, R&D expansion, reduced waste, specialty lighting, Wolfgang Görgen
(IN BRIEF) The EU-funded Western Balkans Guarantee 4 SME Resilience programme has catalyzed €886 million in concessional loans for SMEs in North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, aiming to support 15,000 firms and preserve 140,000 jobs. Backed by a … Read the full press release
Posted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Small Business
Tagged access to finance, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christoph Schoefboeck, concessional loans, EIF, Erste & Steiermärkische Bank d.d., Erste Bank Podgorica, European Investment Fund, Inclusive Growth, InvestEU, job preservation, Marjut Falkstedt, Marta Kos, Montenegro, NORTH MACEDONIA, Reform and Growth Facility, SMEs, Sparkasse Bank AD Skopje, Sparkasse Bank BiH, Western Balkans Guarantee 4 SME Resilience, Western Balkans Investment Framework
(IN BRIEF) The EIF has invested €30 million in Quantonation II, a France-based VC fund focused on quantum technologies and deep physics, to address early-stage financing shortages and strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty. Quantonation II plans to build a global portfolio … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), European Union, Financial, France, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged deep physics, early-stage financing, EIF, European Investment Fund, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, Olivier Tonneau, particle physics, Quantonation II, quantum computing, quantum sensors, Quantum technology, technological sovereignty, venture capital, venture studios
(IN BRIEF) The EIB and Greece’s CDLF have signed a €500 million loan under the Antonis Tritsis urban investment programme, bringing the EIB’s total commitment to €1 billion. The funds will support hundreds of local authority projects—ranging from water and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Antonis Tritsis, CDLF, climate resilience, Dimitris Stamatis, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Greece, InvestEU, local authorities, Public Buildings, road safety, seismic protection, Smart Cities, sustainable infrastructure, Thodoris Livanios, urban regeneration, waste management, water management, Yannis Tsakiris
(IN BRIEF) Artec 3D, a Luxembourg-based developer of portable 3D scanners and software, has secured a €15 million venture debt facility from the European Investment Bank under the InvestEU initiative. The partnership, formalised at the Luxembourg Nexus technology expo, represents … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Portugal, Technology
Tagged 3D scanning, AI algorithms, Anne Calteux, Art Yukhin, Artec 3D, cultural heritage preservation, Digital Twins, EIB venture debt, European Investment Bank, InvestEU, Luxembourg, PORTUGAL, R&D financing, Robert de Groot, short-range high-precision scanners, target-free scanning, TechEU programme, Xavier Bettel
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has signed a €14 million portfolio guarantee agreement with ProCredit Bank Bulgaria under the EU’s InvestEU programme, enabling the bank to offer more green loans to businesses in Bulgaria and Greece. This risk-sharing facility will support … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Bulgaria, Business, Economy, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Bulgaria, climate finance, CO2 reduction, digital transition, EBRD, energy efficiency, EU climate goals, EU sustainability targets, European Green Deal, Greece, green lending, green transition, InvestEU, partnership, portfolio guarantee, ProCredit Bank Bulgaria, ProCredit Holding, renewable energy, risk-sharing instruments, SMEs, sustainability, Sustainable Finance
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) will provide two 26-year loans worth EUR 126 million to support the construction of Poland’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms. Jointly developed by Norway’s Equinor Wind Power and Poland’s Polenergia, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Poland, Technology
Tagged 3 GW wind capacity, 720 MW, André Küüsvek, Baltic Sea, Baltyk 2, Baltyk 3, climate investment, CO2 reduction, decarbonisation, energy resilience, Equinor Wind Power, EU Green Deal, green financing, InvestEU, InvestEU guarantee, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, offshore turbines, Offshore wind, partnership, Poland energy transition, Polenergia, regional cooperation, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure
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