Luxembourg Future Fund (LFF)

The Luxembourg Future Fund is a EUR 150 million fund which aims to stimulate the diversification and sustainable development of the Luxembourgish economy. It was set up by the EIF and the Société Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement (SNCI) and combines a EUR 120 million contribution from SNCI with EUR 30 million from the EIF, to be deployed over a five year period. It will invest and co-invest in early and growth innovative European technology SMEs as well as in Venture Capital funds.

The Luxembourg Future Fund invests directly or indirectly in Venture Capital funds and SMEs to foster the sustainable development of Luxembourg strategic sectors (i.e. companies active in the ICT, cleantech and other technology sectors excluding health technologies and life science sectors). These are key for the diversification of the Luxembourg economy.

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The Luxembourg Future Fund comprises three sub-funds. You will find here below the objectives of each Sub-Fund and the related eligibility criteria :

• Investments in Venture Capital funds

The sub-fund will invest in Venture Capital funds not yet established in Luxembourg, targeting early to growth stage innovative technology companies.

      The targeted Venture Capital fund will preferably be located/domiciled in Luxembourg. Each targeted Venture Capital fund will be required, as part of its investment strategy, to dedicate at least twice the amounts drawn down from the Venture Capital fund (in the relevant sub-fund) for the purpose of investments in SMEs based and/or active in Member States of the European Union and in candidate and potential candidate countries and include Luxembourg in their investment focus.

            The target Venture Capital fund will also be expected to engage actively in the Luxembourg Venture Capital ecosystem.

• Co-investments with Venture Capital funds

            Co-investments will be made alongside venture capital funds on equal footing in innovative technology SMEs (excluding enterprises already established in Luxembourg) in their start-up, development or growth phase, which, at the time of the decision to invest in such SMEs, are expected to bring highly relevant international spillover to Luxembourg (see “spillover criteria” below).

            Investments by the sub-fund will be made on a commercial basis with risk-commensurate financial performance objectives. Venture capital funds will have the power to decide to proceed with an exit or disposal of a company for the account of the Luxembourg Future Fund.

•  Co-investments with Business Angels and Family Offices

   Co-investments will be made alongside Business Angels and Family Offices, preferably based in Luxembourg, and showing or planning Luxembourg-relevant investment activity on equal footing, in innovative technology SMEs (excluding enterprises already established in Luxembourg) in their start-up, development or growth phase, which, at the time of the decision to invest in such enterprises, are expected to bring highly relevant international spillover to Luxembourg.

            Investments by the sub-fund shall be made on a commercial basis with risk-commensurate financial performance objectives. Co-investors will have the power to decide to proceed with an exit or disposal of an enterprise for the account of the sub-fund.

What are the “spillover criteria”?

Investments in Venture Capital funds and/or in SMEs shall have one or more of the following envisaged spillover effects on Luxembourg:

• turnover/revenue generation by companies established in Luxembourg; and/or
• direct cost reduction (efficiency gain) in Luxembourg; and/or
• creation of key skills (placing people, training) in Luxembourg; and/or
• significant employment creation in Luxembourg.

These effects will foster the sustainable development of Luxembourg strategic sectors (i.e., SMEs active in the ICT, cleantech and other technology sectors excluding health technologies and life science sectors).

The means through which the projected spillovers in Luxembourg as described above shall be generated shall be one or more of the following:

• incorporation of new business/research entities in Luxembourg; and/or
• creation and/or development of (new) fields of business activities in Luxembourg; and/or
• formal cooperation with key actors within the Luxembourg innovation system (universities, public research labs, clusters of (business) activities).

The envisaged spillover effects on Luxembourg as described above should be generated over a medium term perspective and be sustainable.

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