Tagged: european investment fund

January 19, 2023 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

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

December 13, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

September 23, 2021 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

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

July 29, 2021 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

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

July 27, 2021 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

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

July 15, 2021 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

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

March 19, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Nordic banking group Nordea announced earlier this week it has partnered with the European Investment Fund (EIF) to guarantee lending solutions to small businesses. Nordea reported that the European Fund will provide it with €700 million in guarantee capacity for 2021. The guarantee program… Read More

February 26, 2021 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

May 7, 2020 @ 12:45 pm By Therese Torris  |  

  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

April 21, 2020 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

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

November 28, 2019 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Fund (EIF) will reportedly be renewing its support to European SME, under the “Private Credit Tailored for SMEs” program. Support will also be extended by other established institutional investors such as Bbifrance, CNP Assurances, and Zencap. A new €100 million (appr. $110… Read More

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