Programme: European Investment Fund
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Programme | European
Investment Fund |
Acronym | EIF |
Type of Fund | Financial Instruments |
Description of programme "European Investment Fund" | The central mission of the European Investment Fund (EIF) is to to support Europe's small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by helping them to access finance. To this end, the EIF aims at satisfying existing and future market needs by designing innovative financial products addressed to their partners (banks, guarantee, leasing and microfinance institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, among others), acting as their financial intermediaries. By offering an Integrated Risk Finance Product Range of SME finance to their intermediaries, the EIF complement the products offered by the European Investment Bank (EIB). While the equity instruments aim to improve the availability of risk capital for high-growth and innovative SMEs, the EIF also targets the debt requirements, as many SMEs seek finance through this more traditional route. Therefore the EIF also provides guarantees and credit enhancement through securitisation to improve the lending capacity of their financial intermediaries and thus the availability and terms of debt for beneficiary SMEs. |
Link | Link to Programme |
Thematic Focus | SME, Finances, Innovation, Competitiveness |
EU Macro-Regions | Adriatic and Ionian Region, Alpine Region, Danube
Region, Baltic Sea Region |
Funding area | EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Kosovo Liechtenstein Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye |
Origin of Applicant | EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Kosovo Liechtenstein Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye |
Project Partner | No |
Eligible applicants | Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees) |
Type of Funding | Loan |
Contact Details | https://www.eif.org/generic/contacts/index.htm |
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