Business Lines

• Equity

  As a fund of funds, EIF provides equity instruments through venture capital, growth and lower mid-market funds, to improve the availability of risk finance to high growth and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises.
  Resources EIB Group, European Commission (CIP), ERP-EIF Dachfonds, Neotec, iVCi, PVCi
  

• Guarantees & Securitisation

  EIF provides guarantees and credit enhancement, through securitisation, to financial bodies such as banks and guarantee institutions, to improve their lending capacity and the availability and terms of debt they can offer to beneficiary small and medium sized entreprises.
  CIP - Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007 - 2013

• JEREMIE - Joint European Resources for Micro to medium Enterprises

  JEREMIE is a regional funding initiative that brings about financial actions to improve the credit environment for micro to medium enterprises at national, regional and local level.

• JASMINE - Joint Action to support microfinance institutions in Europe

  JASMINE is a pilot initiative by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund.

• Calls for expression of interest