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A new fund advised by VI Partners Swiss Innovation fund made its first closing. A major achievement in the current environment.
The EU backs Aros Kapital to support micro-enterprises with €18.1 million
EU launches new EUR 50 million pilot to develop skills and education across Europe
EIB Group establishes EUR 25 billion guarantee fund to deploy new investments in response to COVID-19 crisis
Oneplanetcrowd raises €1 million growth finance from European Investment Fund
ESCALAR: up to €1.2 billion to help high potential companies grow and expand in Europe
Coronavirus: Commission and European Investment Fund (part of EIB Group) unlock €8 billion in finance for 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses
EIB Group moves to scale up economic response to COVID-19 crisis
Further EU support for Vækstfonden to boost Danish SMEs
Gilde Healthcare raises €416 million ($450 million) venture and growth capital fund with EIF support
EIB Group will rapidly mobilise up to EUR 40 billion to fight crisis caused by Covid-19 and calls on Member States to set up a further guarantee for SME and mid-cap support from EIB Group and national promotional banks
Prime Minister welcomes €500 million Greek business investment scheme
Innovative collaboration will use social impact bond to help young people get back on track
EIF commits EUR 30 million to PMI Italia II, a private debt fund managed by Finint SGR
EIF signs new pilot guarantee instrument with three banks in Bulgaria
EIF and Noviti Finance support better access to finance for Baltic micro-enterprises with EUR 10 million deal under EaSI programme.

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We support Europe’s SMEs by improving their access to finance through a wide range of selected financial intermediaries. To this end, we design, promote and implement equity and debt financial instruments which specifically target SMEs. In this role, we foster EU objectives in support of entrepreneurship, growth, innovation, research and development, and employment.

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Calls for expression of interest to select financial intermediaries

COSME LGF COVID-19 updated call (deadline: 31.10.2020)
InnovFin SMEG COVID-19 updated call (deadline: 31.12.2020)
The SME Initiative Italy - information note (deadline 31.10.2020)
ESIF Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Malta (deadline: 30.06.2020)
JEREMIE Romania Reflows Equity (deadline 01.06.2022)
German Corona Matching Facility (CMF) (deadline 31.12.2020)
Documentary Finance Facility Bulgaria information note (deadline: 30 June 2020)
EFSI Skills and Education Guarantee Pilot (deadline 31.10.2020)
ESCALAR Programme (deadline 30.06.2020)

EFSI Equity (deadline 30.09.2020)
InvestBG Equity Instrument (deadline 31.12.2021)
The EFSI Private Credit Programme (deadline 30.09.2020)
COSME LGF (deadline 30.09.2020)
Erasmus+ Master LGF (deadline 30.09.2020)
Single EU Equity Financial Instrument (deadline 30.09.2020)
Cultural & Creative Sector GF (deadline 30.09.2020)
InnovFin SME GF (deadline 31.12.2020)
EaSI (deadline 30.09.2023)

Where to access finance
EIF financial
intermediaries

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