Juncker Plan: 10 million euros for micro-entrepreneurs in Italy
- Release date: 27 November 2018
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Banca Popolare Sant’Angelo (BPSA) have signed a microfinance guarantee agreement in Italy under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). This new financing agreement was made possible by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the core of the Investment Plan for Europe.
The European Investment Fund invests in Creas Impacto and Ship2B
- Release date: 26 November 2018
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a EUR 10 million investment into the Creas Impacto fund and a EUR 3 million investment into Equity4Good, managed by Ship2B, to support seed, early and late stage social enterprises in Spain.
Launch of the "EU for Serbia – Financing for SMEs” initiative targeting EUR 180m new loans for Serbian businesses
- Release date: 21 November 2018
Today in Belgrade, the EIF endorsed the selection of five local banks (Raiffeisen bank, UniCredit bank, Banca Intesa, ProCredit bank and Komercialna bank), which will implement the “EU for Serbia – financing for SMEs” Guarantee. The event took place in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Ms Ana Brnabić, the State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy, Mr Milun Trivunac, and Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic ...
EUR 96 million of EIF and aws finance for innovative businesses in Austria
- Release date: 21 November 2018
At the occasion of the Austrian EU Presidency Conference “Innovative Enterprise Vienna 2018”, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Austrian promotional bank Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) have signed an additional up to EUR 48 million counter-guarantee as an extension to the existing InnovFin agreement enabling a new guarantee portfolio of up to EUR 96 million.
EU financing agreements for social and micro-entrepreneurs in Finland under Juncker Plan
- Release date: 15 November 2018
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Finnish bank Oma Säästöpankki Oyj (OmaSp) have signed two guarantee agreements for social entrepreneurship and microfinance respectively in Finland under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).
