Mezzanine 'Fund of Fund' for Germany (MDD)

MDD (Mezzanine Dachfonds für Deutschland) and MDD 2 (the successor mandate) are EUR 300m investment programmes co-financed by BMWi, LfA Förderbank, NRW.BANK and SAB (invested only in MDD 2) and managed by EIF.

MDD targets hybrid debt/equity fund investments in Germany and its objective is to soften the impact of the “wall of debt” experienced by many German mid-caps and provide alternative financing for growth. 

Are you a fund manager interested in partnering with us under MDD 2?

• The funds in which EIF invests under MDD 2 must invest in SMEs and Mid-Caps independent fund management teams with complementary hybrid debt-equity (in its broadest definition) experience
• Coherent fund strategy taking into account the know-how of the team as well as fund size and the geographic and industrial focus of the fund
• Commercially viable fund sizes for team stability
• Appropriate incentive for the whole team
• Pari-passu treatment of all investors
• Fund should follow commercial investment approach
• Clear legal, tax structure, market standard terms and conditions

EIF may not participate in funds where funding from non-market-oriented investors exceeds 50% of the fund's total funding (excluding EIF).

For SMEs :

• If you are looking for funding and would like to see which financial intermediaries currently cooperate with us, please visit http://www.eif.org/what_we_do/where/index.htm and contact the intermediary in your country directly
• For information about finance available under further EU initiatives, please visit http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/funding-grants/access-to-finance