Press releases overview

Spintop Ventures proudly presents the new Spintop Fund IV. Investors and the early-stage technology companies Spintop invests in have shown a strong trust in the active engagement, the long-term commitment and the vast experience of the Spintop team. As a result, Spintop is now trusted to manage a total amount approaching 2 billion SEK.

Banca Popolare di Sondrio (BPS) and the EIB Group — which includes the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) — have concluded a synthetic securitisation operation on a portfolio of loans granted by BPS to corporate counterparties with a value of around €1 billion.

On Wednesday, 22 June 2022, CNES Director of Strategy Jean-Marc Astorg and European Investment Fund (EIF) Chief Executive Alain Godard signed a partnership agreement to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps in the space sector at the Guiana Space Centre. Present were European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Kris Peeters, who is responsible for the space and defence sector at the Bank, and Guiana Space Centre Director Marie-Anne Clair.

DunPort Capital Management (“DunPort”) is pleased to announce the final close of its SME focused direct lending fund, Oak Corporate Credit DAC (“Oak”), at €335m following a €70m commitment from the European Investment Fund (“EIF”). Oak is also backed by a €95m commitment from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (“ISIF”) and supported by a number of other domestic and international institutional investors.

CDP Venture Capital and the European Investment Fund (EIF, part of the EIB Group) have announced their joint investment in Indaco Bio, a new venture capital fund specialising in financing technology transfer processes in the life sciences sector.