(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) will provide a €170 million guarantee to Finnvera Plc to finance approximately €280 million of investment by small companies in Finland. The support of the InvestEU programme enables the guarantee to trigger more … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Technology
Tagged climate change, digitalisation, EIF, energy transformation, Finland, Finnvera, Finnvera plc, green transition, innovation loan, InvestEU programme, SMEs, The European Investment Fund
(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) 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
(IN BRIEF) Eni’s Benefit Corporation, Plenitude, has announced Enosi and Jedlix as the winners of its Call for Innovation. The Call aimed to find innovative solutions to manage the integration and synergies between Plenitude’s renewable energy generation, energy services, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Italy, Small Business, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Archygram, Call for Innovation, e-mobility, ELIS, Energiency, Eni, Enosi, Episensor, Henshin, Jedlix, LVenture Group, Martina Opizzi, One To Zero Challenge, Plenitude, Rabot Charge, renewable energy, scale-ups, SMEs, start-ups, Streem, Tilt Energy, Zerofy
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a €50 million loan to Türk Ekonomi Bankası A.Ş. (TEB) to expand financial opportunities for women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Türkiye. This loan is part of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Small Business, Türkiye, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, gender equality, loan, SMEs, TEB, Türk Ekonomi Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye, Türkiye Women in Business II, TurWiB, TurWiB II, women-led SMEs
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Citi have partnered to implement a sustainable supply chain finance program for Finnish technology and services company Metso Outotec and its suppliers in Türkiye, the majority of which are … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Small Business, Türkiye, United Kingdom
Tagged Arvid Tuerkner, Chris Cox, Citi, EBRD, Marius Verwoerd, Metso Outotec, SMEs, sustainable supply chain, Türkiye-EBRD Cooperation Fund
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) have jointly launched the EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line program in Armenia to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in adopting greener technology, improving product quality, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin, Ameriabank, Armenia, Armswissbank, Asedl, EBRD, energy efficient, EU, EU4Business, EU4Business-EBRD credit line, European Union, financing, George Akhalkatsi, greener technology, SMEs, Tamara and Ani, Yerevan Chocolate Company
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a portfolio guarantee agreement with Noviti Finance to lend almost €47 million to micro-businesses in Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland on preferential terms. The EIF guarantee is provided under the European Union’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Small Business
Tagged EIF, InvestEU, Latvia, Linas Armalys, Lithuania, Marjut Falkstedt, Noviti Finance, Poland, SMEs, The European Investment Fund, Valdis Dombrovskis
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €200m deal with illimity Bank to provide funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Italy. The two banks will mobilize €100m each in 2023 to ensure that SMEs have … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Small Business
Tagged b-ilty, Corrado Passera, digital bank, EIB, energy efficiency, Gelsomina Vigliotti, illimity, illimity Bank S.p.A., Italian SMEs, renewable energy, SMEs, sustainable mobility, sustainable water, The European Investment Bank, waste management
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Norrlandsfonden, a Swedish public investment agency, have signed a guarantee agreement supported by the European Union’s InvestEU programme to improve access to finance for SMEs and small mid-caps in Northern Sweden. Over … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Luxembourg, Small Business, Sweden, Technology
Tagged digitalisation, EIF, European Union, Gävleborg, INNOVATION, InvestEU programme, Jämtland, Marjut Falkstedt, Niklas Jonsson, Norrbotten, Norrlandsfonden, Northern Sweden, SMEs, sustainability, The European Investment Fund, Västerbotten, Västernorrland
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Swedish financing platform Lisa& have signed a guarantee agreement to offer over SEK 278 million (€24.8 million) for Swedish companies with a circular business model. The deal will be supported by the … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) invested €804 million in Hungary last year, supporting priority investments in energy, transport, innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and mid-caps. Three-quarters of the total financing signed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Hungary, Luxembourg
Tagged EIB, EIF, energy saving investments, energy-efficient renovations, energy-efficient upgrades, European Investment Fund, Eximbank, financing, green loan, Home Renovation Programme, Hungary, JASPERS, renewable energy systems, residential buildings, SMEs, The European Investment Bank
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided Tam Finans Factoring A.S., a factoring company in Türkiye, with a €10 million factoring facility under its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP). The facility aims to support small and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Swedfund, a Swedish development finance institution, invested USD 30 million in the Mirova Gigaton Fund on March 1. The Mirova Gigaton Fund, launched by Mirova, a Natixis affiliate, aims to provide debt financing to clean energy projects in … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Sweden
Tagged agri-solar, battery storage, carbon credit, clean energy financing, climate-smart food systems, debt financing, e-mobility, energy efficiency, ESG, Maria Håkansson, mini-grids, Mirova, Mirova Gigaton Fund, Mirova SunFunder, Natixis Investment Managers, off-grid solutions, SMEs, solar energy solutions, solar home systems, Swedfund, telecom tower solarization
(IN BRIEF) Swedish development finance institution Swedfund has committed $5m to the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund (NHAO), which invests in small and medium-sized Somali firms. The fund aims to provide financing for companies with around or less than … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Sweden
Tagged Financial, investment, NHAO fund, SMEs, Somali, Sweden, Swedfund
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund have signed an agreement to provide a sustainability guarantee for new loans to support Danish businesses. The guarantee, backed by the InvestEU program, will enable the Danish … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Small Business
Tagged Danish Green Investment Fund, debt financing, Denmark, EIF, EKF, Export, InvestEU programme, investment fund, loans, SMEs, sustainability guarantee, The European Investment Fund, Vaekstfonden
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) Merkur Andelskasse, l’une des principales institutions financières du Danemark, a signé un accord de garantie avec le Fonds européen d’investissement (FEI) dans le cadre du programme InvestEU. Cet accord permettra à Merkur d’offrir une gamme de solutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business
Tagged Charlotte Skovgaard, debt financing, EIF, European Investment, FEI, financement, financement par emprunt, financing, Fonds européen d'investissement, InvestEU programme, Marjut Falkstedt, Merkur Andelskasse, Paolo Gentiloni, PME, Programme InvestEU, SMEs
(IN BRIEF) Merkur Andelskasse, one of the leading financial institutions in Denmark, has signed a guarantee agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the InvestEU programme. This agreement will allow Merkur to offer a range of lending solutions to … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150 million loan to Österreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank (ÖHT) to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the leisure and tourism industry in Austria. The loan is designed to enable … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Travel
Tagged Austria, Austrian tourism, eco-friendly tourism, EIB, financing, leisure, loan, Matthias Matzer, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, ÖHT, Österreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank, Raiffeisenbank International AG, SMEs, Sustainable Finance Board, sustainable tourism, The European Investment Bank, Thomas Östros, TOURISM
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral developmental investment bank, has announced a new partnership with ISSP, a Ukraine-founded global cybersecurity service provider, aimed at providing training on digital and … Read the full press release
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