(IN BRIEF) Banque Populaire, Fédération Nationale des SOCAMA, and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have signed a €1 billion loan counter-guarantee agreement under the SME Competitiveness InvestEU program. Over two decades, this partnership with EIF has facilitated €9 billion in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business
Tagged Banque Populaire, EIF, French SMEs, Hélène Madar, Marjut Falkstedt, partnership, SOCAMA
(IN BRIEF) The EIB Group, comprised of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Investment Fund (EIF), has invested €360 million in a new asset-backed securities (ABS) issuance with Banco Santander. The investment will support working capital and liquidity needs … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged ABS issuance, asset-backed securities, Banco Santander. This investment, EIB, EIF, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, Green Projects, Marjut Falkstedt, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Santander Consumo 5 securitisation fund, SMEs, The EIB Group
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Banco Santander have signed an InvestEU portfolio guarantee agreement worth €200 million to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small mid-caps in Spain and other EU countries. With this guarantee, Banco … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Banco Santander, digital innovations, EIF, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, Paolo Gentiloni, partnership, small Mid-Caps, SMEs, Spain, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a portfolio guarantee with SG Equipment Finance to support up to €25 million in new lending for innovative SMEs and small Mid-Caps in Czechia and Slovakia. The financing, backed by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged CZECH, digital transition, EIF, InvestEU, investment, Marjut Falkstedt, partnership, Petr Němec, SG Equipment Finance, SLOVAK, small Mid-Caps, SMEs
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) have signed a €175 million loan agreement to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps in Bulgaria. The loan aims to support companies … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Assen Vassilev, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Development Bank, digitalization, economy, European Investment Bank, financing, Iliya Karanikolov, INNOVATION, Lilyana Pavlova, Marjut Falkstedt, Milena Stoycheva, Paolo Gentiloni, partnership, SME, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a €3 million subordinated loan agreement with Patria Credit IFN to support micro-farms and expand access to finance in Romania. The transaction, backed by InvestEU, aims to help Patria Credit reach … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) is investing €25 million in Radix Ventures, a deep tech venture capital fund based in Central and Eastern Europe. The investment aims to address the funding gap for deep tech founders in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Technology
Tagged deep tech, deep tech venture capital fund, EIF, energy startup, InvestEU, Lerta Energy, Marjut Falkstedt, Michał Urbanowski, Noctiluca, Paweł Bochniarz, Photon Energy Group, Radix Ventures, technology entrepreneurs, The European Investment Fund, Valuetech Seed, Wojciech Ratymirski
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF), a part of the EIB Group, has joined forces with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) to invest in asset-backed securities (ABS) issued by BBVA. This collaborative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Small Business, Spain
Tagged BBVA, climate change mitigation, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fun, Green Projects, ICO, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, José Carlos García de Quevedo, Luisa Gómez Bravo, Marjut Falkstedt, REPowerEU, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, The EIB Group
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) have invested in asset-backed securities (ABS) issued by BBVA to support Spanish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps. The investment aims to address working capital … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Spain
Tagged ABS, asset-backed securities, BBVA, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, Green Projects, ICO, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, José Carlos García de Quevedo, Luisa Gómez Bravo, Marjut Falkstedt, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, SMEs, The EIB Group
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed €30 million as a cornerstone investment in the ‘IB Deuda Impacto España’ fund, which supports Spanish businesses investing in high social impact areas. MicroBank, CaixaBank’s social arm, has also contributed €10 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Luxembourg, Small Business, Spain
Tagged Arturo Benito, CaixaBank, circular economy, Climate, Cristina González Viu, EI, Environment, fund manager, gender equality, IB Deuda Impacto España, Impact Bridge Asset Management, InvestEU, labor inclusion, Marjut Falkstedt, MicroBank, Paolo Gentiloni, rural development, Spanish businesses, sustainable agriculture, The European Investment Fund
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and SID Bank have signed a guarantee agreement worth €42 million to unlock €72 million in new loans for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Slovenia. The agreement, backed by InvestEU, will … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have signed an agreement to provide up to €378 million in new credit lines for Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Supported by the InvestEU program, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Luxembourg, Portugal, Small Business
Tagged Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Caixa InvestEU Green, Caixa InvestEU Inovação, Caixa InvestEU Start, CGD, EIF, European Investment Fund, InvestEU program, Marjut Falkstedt, Paolo Gentiloni, Paulo Moita de Macedo, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, SMEs
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, in collaboration with BNP Paribas, has launched a synthetic securitisation initiative to support French companies for the third time since 2017. The transaction involves an EIB Group guarantee on an existing loan … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The EIB Group and Santander have signed an agreement to support energy efficiency investments in Portugal through a synthetic securitization transaction. The partnership aims to finance the construction of nearly-zero-emissions buildings and the renovation of existing residential properties … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Portugal, Real Estate
Tagged Amílcar Lourenço, climate change, CO2 emissions, EED, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, EPBD, George Passaris, Manuel Preto, Marjut Falkstedt, NECP, PORTUGAL, Red, renewable energ, Renewable Energy Directive, renovation of residential properties, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Santander, sustainable mortgages, synthetic securitization transaction, The EIB Group, zero-emissions buildings
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a loan agreement worth €9.1 million with Agricover Credit, a specialised financial services provider for farmers in Romania. The loan, backed by the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Romania
Tagged Agricover Credit, Agricover Credit IFN, EASI, EIF, Employment and Social Innovation, farmers, Marjut Falkstedt, Nicolas Schmit, Romania, Serhan Hacisuleyman, The European Investment Fund, TLA, Young Leaders for Agriculture
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and BBVA have signed an agreement under the InvestEU guarantee program to provide a €200 million guarantee to help BBVA’s specialised startup initiative, BBVA Spark, support startups with innovative and sustainable value propositions. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged BBVA, BBVA Spark, digitalisation, EIF, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, Paolo Gentiloni, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Roberto Albaladejo, SMEs, Startups, sustainability, Technology Startups, The European Investment Fund
(IN BRIEF) Danish SME crowdlending platform, Flex Funding, has signed an agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) for a guarantee of DKK 111.7 million, enabling up to 160 smaller Danish companies to obtain funding with attractive terms to continue … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has provided a €5 million loan to Patria Bank, a Romanian lender that specializes in financing small and microentrepreneurs with limited access to finance. The Tier II subordinated loan transaction, supported by InvestEU, … Read the full press release
(IN KÜRZE) Ark Kapital, ein technologieorientierter Kreditgeber, hat sich eine Portfoliogarantie des Europäischen Investitionsfonds (EIF) gesichert, um den Zugang zu Finanzmitteln für Hightech-KMU zu verbessern. Die Garantie ermöglicht es Ark Kapital, über 146 Millionen Euro an neuen Finanzierungen in den … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ark Kapital, a tech-focused lender, has secured a portfolio guarantee from the European Investment Fund (EIF) to improve access to finance for high-tech SMEs. The guarantee enables Ark Kapital to offer over €146 million in new financing across … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged Ark Kapital, Axel Bruzelius, digitalisation, edtech, Education, EIF, European Investment Fund, INNOVATION, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, Paolo Gentiloni, skills, SMEs, sustainability, tech lender
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