(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have approved new financing initiatives aimed at bolstering clean transport, energy, and innovation projects, as well as enhancing water and sanitation infrastructure in Africa with a total … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Africa, Automotive Sector, clean transport, Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, deep tech, EIB, EIF, energy infrastructure, EU4Business Guarantee Facility, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, global partnerships, INNOVATION, Manufacturing, Nadia Calviño, partnership, strategic autonomy, sustainability, sustainable development, UKRAINE, venture capital, war-affected enterprises, water and sanitation, €11.5 billion, €3.6 billion
(IN BRIEF) The Luxembourg Future Fund (LFF2), a partnership between SNCI and the EIF, has invested in 33N Ventures, a leading venture capital fund that specializes in cybersecurity and infrastructure software. This investment is designed to boost 33N’s ability to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Portugal, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged 33N Ventures, AI, Carlos Alberto Silva, Carlos Moreira da Silva, Cybersecurity, data, DevOps, EIF, European Investment Fund, Eva Kremer, infrastructure software, LFF2, Luxembourg ecosystem, Luxembourg Future Fund, Marjut Falkstedt, SNCI, sustainable development, Technology Innovation, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has pledged SEK 225 million (approximately €20 million) to Behold Ventures, a Swedish venture capital fund, to support early-stage game developers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This commitment, which marks the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Finland, Government, Iceland, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Norway, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Behold Ventures, Denmark, early stage investment, EIF, European Commission, Finland, game developers, Iceland, InvestEU, MediaInvest, Nordic gaming, Norway, Sweden, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) The venture capital landscape is evolving as priorities shift, with climate technology losing some of its earlier momentum while sectors like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and defense see increased investment interest. Young businesses focused on these areas are expected … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, climate technology, Cybersecurity, defense technology, German venture capital, investment trends, KfW Research, market trends, online trade, startup funding, venture capital, venture capital barometer
(IN BRIEF) The Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) has pledged €20 million to the Three Seas Initiative Innovation Fund, which supports growth-stage businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. This makes HBOR the fourth contributor to the fund, following … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Croatia, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 3SI Innovation Fund, BGK, Central and Eastern Europe, clean energy, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Czech National Development Bank, EIF, EU funds, European Investment Fund, Global Competitiveness, Green Technologies, growth-stage companies, HBOR, Hrvoje Čuvalo, INNOVATION, Marjut Falkstedt, MFB, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, Ministry of the Economy, partnership, Private Credit Funds, private equity, Šime Erlić, sustainability, sustainable development, Three Seas Initiative, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has pledged €34.6 million to Course Corrected VC Fund II, a venture-capital fund dedicated to backing early-stage climate-tech companies in the Nordic region. This funding will help the fund reach its target size … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged carbon capture, Christine Ahlstrand, clean energy, climate goals, Climate Innovation, climate mitigation, climate neutrality, climate-tech, Course Corrected VC Fund II, decarbonisation technologies, early-stage companies, EIF, EIF commitment, electrification, emission reductions, energy efficiency, European Investment Fund, European Union, financial returns, Katja Bergman, Kerstin Cooley, market-shifting companies, Nordic, sustainable industrial technologies, venture capital, venture capital fund
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) presented a report at the Invisso Conference in Vienna examining innovation progress in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE). While the region has made significant strides in R&D and labor productivity, challenges such … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged business environment, Central, CESEE, competitiveness, Debora Revoltella, Eastern, economic convergence, EIB, EU, GDP, ICT, INNOVATION, innovation gaps, innovation-driven growth, intellectual property, Invisso Conference, Kyriacos Kakouris, labor-productivity, Manufacturing, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, partnership, Patents, pharmaceuticals, R&D personnel, research-intensive sectors, risk capital, skilled workers, South Eastern Europe, technology adoption, venture capital, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed €30 million to Sistafund, a venture capital initiative championing gender diversity in European startups. Targeting a total of €100 million, Sistafund invests in early-stage companies where women hold at least 30% … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Society, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Clara Chappaz, European Investment Fund, France, gender diversity, gender equity, INNOVATION, investment, Isabelle Gallo, Marjut Falkstedt, partnership, Sistafund, society, sustainability, Tatiana Jama, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) SUEZ has made a strategic investment in French start-up Purple Alternative Surface, aiming to expand its production of permeable paving solutions made from non-recycled plastic waste. With SUEZ’s support, Purple will increase its production capacity to 200,000 m² … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged 2024 projects, ADEME, circular economy, construction industry, Cravanche, energy transition, environmental innovation, France, French Environment and Energy Management Agency, greenhouse gas emissions, modular pavements, non-recycled plastic waste, parking lots, permeable paving, plastic recycling, public works, Purple Alternative Surface, retail, soil sealing, SUEZ, sustainable solutions, venture capital, wind turbine blades
(IN BRIEF) A new study from the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has found that its financial support significantly boosts growth and productivity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies across Europe. Companies receiving EIB loans reported a … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) HV Capital, a European early-stage and growth investor, has expanded its portfolio by adding four more private equity structures to its holdings under the depository services of CACEIS Germany. CACEIS, a renowned asset servicing group, now handles a … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, has expressed concern over the collapse and receivership of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023. While the impact on US venture capital firms, start-ups, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Small Business
Tagged HSBC, insolvency, Invest Europe, private equity, scale-ups, Silicon Valley Bank, start-ups, SVB, SVB UK, venture capital, venture capital firms
(PRESS RELEASE) DUSSELDORF, 11-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel (ETR: HEN3), a German chemical and consumer goods company, has announced it will become a limited partner in Richland Capital Fund III in China through Henkel Adhesive Technologies’ venture capital arm Henkel … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Adhesive Technologies, advanced materials, digital business models, digital technologies, Dr. Zhebo Ding, Henkel, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, investing, investment firm, manufacturing equipment, Paolo Bavaj, Richland Capital, Richland Capital Fund III, venture capital
The TABS Suite has added an EU-focused assessment that will more accurately be able to conduct diligence on companies based and operating in the European Union (PRESS RELEASE) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., United States, 20-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — TABS Score™ has … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Investment, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged accounting, analytics, COVID-19, DaaS, Diligence-as-a-Service, due diligence, Entrepreneurship, ESG, finance, financing, fintech, Frontline Strategy Funds, internal diligence processes, investor, LPs, Marshall Sterman, Mayflower Ventures, physical meetings, policies, Project Finance, regulatory, seed investors, serial entrepreneurs, startup, Startups, tabs, TABS software, TABS Suite, Tech, VC, venture, venture capital, viability
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 12-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — SEB, AMF and FAM team up to support Swedish companies in need of capital to make it through the corona crisis. The partners invested SEK 3.5bn in a jointly owned company, Sindre Invest … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Investment, News, Small Business, Sweden
Tagged AMF, BCB Medical, Birgitta Stymne Göransson, corona crisis, FAM, Håkan Buskhe, Industrifonden, investment, investors, Jan Amethier, Johan Sidenmark, SEB, SEB Pension & Försäkring, Sindre Invest AB, venture capital, Wallenberg Foundations
(PRESS RELEASE) LEIDEN, Netherlands, 11-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — MEDIS, a leading developer and supplier of software applications for image-based diagnosis and quantitative assessment of cardiovascular disease, today announced that it acquired Advanced Medical Imaging Development S.r.l. (AMID), a developer and … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Investment, Italy, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Aat van Herk, acquisition, Advanced Medical Imaging Development S.r.l., AMID, Ana Douglas, cardiac imaging, cardiology, cardiovascular, cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular Imaging, cardiovascular imaging analysis, cardiovascular imaging software, cardiovascular mechanics, CT, Dharminder Chahal, Giovanni Tonti, Hans Brons, Hans Reiber, innovative image processing, interventional cardiology, IVUS, Life Science, medical imaging, Medis, medtech, MR, radiology, Sulmona, ultrasound, Van Herk Groep, Van Herk Ventures, venture capital, X-ray
(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 20-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Credit Suisse is today commemorating the 200th anniversary the birth of Alfred Escher. What Alfred Escher has achieved back in the 19th century continues to have a lasting impact on Switzerland as an economic … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, News, Pharma & Biotech, Small Business, Switzerland
Tagged automation, Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital AG, Didier Denat, Elios Elsener, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs' Day, ETH Zurich, fintech, Fotokite, medtech, robotics, Startups, Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund, Swiss Venture Club, Switzerland Global Enterprise, venture capital
Strategic expansion of growth activities in Africa Participation in Partech Africa fund with focus on tech sector Fund aims for investment volume of around €100 million (PRESS RELEASE) GÜTERSLOH, 24-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Bertelsmann continues to expand its activities in Africa. … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Media, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Africa, Bertelsmann, BMG, digitalization, equity, fund, funding, Partech Africa fund, Penguin Random House, RTL Group, Saham Group, Shobhna Mohn, Startups, TradeDepot, VC, venture capital, Yoco
Joint press release from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, KfW and KfW Capital Joint initiative between Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Federal Ministry of Finance and KfW to expand the markets for venture … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Alexander Thees, Dr Ingrid Hengster, Dr Jörg Kukies, funding, Germany, KfW, KfW Capital, Peter Altmaier, VC, VD, venture capital, venture debt
Alliance will explore joint innovation and technology opportunities Pair will seek out potential venture capital investments LONDON, 03-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — BP today announced that it has signed a ventures cooperation agreement with Aker BP to explore possible areas of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Aker BP, BP, digitalisation, INNOVATION, investments, Karl Johnny Hersvik, Steve Cook, technology, venture capital
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