October 26, 2018 @ 5:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

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

October 26, 2018 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based online lender LendInvest confirmed on Thursday that the European Investment Fund participated in its recently announced Series C financing, with the investment from its Luxembourg Future Fund (LFF). The Series C funding round, which was comprised of both debt and equity, secured $39.5 million (£30.5 million)…. Read More

May 4, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Funding Circle announced the European Investment Fund, part of the European Investment Bank Group, and KfW, a German Promotional Bank, are supporting UK small businesses through their investment in a securitization of loans originated by the Funding Circle online lending platform. According to… Read More

September 7, 2016 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has released data indicating their portfolio results have generated an annualised rate of return of 14.44% since platform launch in July of 2012. Seedrs has stated the solid returns are indicative of “equity crowdfunding coming of age”. The period started in… Read More

April 30, 2016 @ 2:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Investment Fund, which is part of the European Investment Bank, along with KfW, a German government supported bank, have jointly invested in securitized loans from peer to peer lending platform Funding Circle.  The initiative is part of a broader objective of supporting SME… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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