Dutch Venture Initiative I (DVI-I)

DVI-I is a EUR 202.5 million fund-of-funds initiative of the EIF and PPM Oost *,  supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (“BOM”), launched in 2013 to boost equity investments into innovative and/or high-tech early and development stage enterprises in the Netherlands.

DVI-I was greeted with high demand from the market, which has led to the full allocation of the resources available to the selected fund management companies and to the launch of DVI-II, the successor programme.

By the end of 2017, DVI-I had committed a total amount of EUR 148m to 13 different venture and growth capital investment funds, leveraging over EUR 1.5bn of capital available for investments. In addition, DVI-I invested EUR 45m in the European Angels Fund (EAF) Netherlands, bringing the overall DVI-I commitments to EUR 193m.

For SMEs:

If you are looking for funding, you can contact the funds in which DVI-I has invested, displayed at this page. For a list of the financial intermediaries currently cooperating with in the Netherlands please visit http://www.eif.org/what_we_do/where/nl/index.htm 
You can contact the intermediary directly to find out about eligibility criteria and financial conditions.

For information about finance available under further EU initiatives, please visit http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/funding-grants/access-to-finance

* Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland, a regional venture capital company which is part of the East Netherlands Development Agency ‘Oost NV'