The European Investment Fund (EIF) has announced it has committed a “significant investment” in the AVP Growth Fund I. The EIF joins AXA as an anchor investor. AVP (Atlantic Vantage Point) is a global investment platform s upporting tech firms in Europe and North America…. Read More
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and KBC Insurance have announced a new investment partnership that will see the Belgium-based Banking and Insurance Group support up to €200 million of equity investments in sustainable infrastructure projects across Europe. The deal, signed in Brussels, runs over “a… Read More
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and SME Finance in Lithuania have joined to provide €40 million in financing for businesses in the Baltics and elsewhere, according to a statement by the EIF. The EIF will be providing a guarantee to SME finance to provide investments… Read More
October, a European marketplace lending platform providing access to capital for SMEs, has received a €35 million commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Netherlands-based Invest-NL. The capital is split between the two entities with the EIF providing €20 million and Invest-NL the rest… Read More
Estateguru, an online investment platform matching SMEs in need of capital with individual investors, will lunch a fund targeting institutional investors in a move that should significantly scale the firm’s operations. Importantly, the European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed to be an anchor investor in… Read More
Bluon, a growing company in the HVAC-R space that offers a support app for HVAC technicians, today announced the closing of its Series B round with $27.6 million in equity financing. This adds to its recently completed $9 million in venture debt. The new capital… Read More
European marketplace lender October has reportedly acquired a €30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Dutch impact investor Invest-NL in the context of the European Guarantee Fund (EGF) and the Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument mandates. As noted in an update from… Read More
Fasanara Capital has closed on a €250 Million Fintech Fund that was supported by the European Investment Fund (EIF) that made a “cornerstone” investment in the fund. Fasanara Capital is a boutique alternative asset manager and an investor in Fintech lending in Europe. The fund… Read More
Fabric Ventures has announced a new $130 million fund dedicated to backing digital asset and decentralized, or DeFi, early-stage firms. The fund received the support of the European Investment Fund (EIF) which added $30 million to the fund. This is the first EIF backed fund… Read More
iAngels has announced its first institutional fund raising $55.5 million. iAngels received the backing of the European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank group. EIF’s mission is to support Europe’s micro, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by helping them to access finance…. Read More
The Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument (DACI) is poised to provide access to capital for SMEs in the Netherlands. According to a post by the European Investment Fund (EIF), DACI is being launched by the Dutch National Promotional Bank Invest-NL and the Ministry of Economic Affairs… Read More
Camille David from European online lender October reveals that 5,672 private investors from all across Europe have reportedly financed the Sandaya project via the October platform – which is notably a new record. Claire Juliard, who leads October Connect, confirmed that this is in fact… Read More
German SME lending platform creditshelf announced that it has received €62 million in investor funds, including €30 million from the European Investment Fund (EIF) as lead investor, to set up the “Creditshelf Loan Fund”. The diversified fund will help creditshelf meet German small and medium-sized enterprises… Read More
Oneplanetcrowd, a crowdlending platform, has received € 1 million in growth finance from the European Investment Fund to support social entrepreneurship. The funding from the EIF came via the EU’s Employment and Social Innovation Programme Capacity Building Investments window. According to a statement by the… Read More
Groupama AM and Tikehau Capital have joined to create the Groupama Tikehau Diversified Debt Fund (GTDDF). This new fund has the European Investment Fund (EIF) as an anchor investor and will help finance European SMEs but mainly French ones, according to a release. The GTDDF is… Read More
The European Investment Bank Group (EIB) through the European Investment Fund (EIF) has announced that it will provide €18.5 million to back a joint investment fund designed to lend money to SMEs through crowdlending platform Lendix. The EIB is the European Union’s bank, owned by… Read More
On Thursday, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and iwoca have signed their first COSME agreement in the UK to help a greater number of SMEs gain access to finance. The initiative benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) through which the… Read More
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