- What we do
- Pan-European Guarantee Fund – EGF
- Institutional investors
- Equity products
- AI Co-Investment Facility
- Cleantech Co-Investment Facility
- Impact investing at the EIF
- Climate & Infrastructure Funds
- Technology Transfer
- European Angels Fund (EAF) - Co-investments with Business Angels
- Venture capital
- Lower mid-market
- Mezzanine Facility for Growth
- VentureEU
- EFSI Equity instrument
- Single EU Equity Financial Instrument
- Private equity secondary market transactions
- EIF-NPI Equity Platform
- ESCALAR Programme
- Debt products
- New ESIF ERDF Guarantee Fund initiative in Greece
- EFSI Private Credit Programme
- AGRI Guarantee Facility
- AGRI Italy Platform Uncapped Guarantee Instrument
- Credit enhancement
- Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility (CCS GF)
- ENSI - Securitisation Initiative
- Erasmus+ Master Loan Guarantee Facility
- Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot
- EREM debt products
- Single EU Debt Financial Instrument
- Documentary Finance Facility – Bulgaria
- The SME Initiative
- Inclusive finance
- European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
- Regional Development - Country and sector-specific initiatives
- EquiFund II
- Normandie Garantie Agri
- FAIRE - La Réunion
- Auvergne Rhône-Alpes FEADER
- Recovery Equity Fund of Funds of Bulgaria
- Fons d’Inversió en Tecnologia Avançada (FITA) Catalonia
- Dutch Future Fund (DFF)
- Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument (DACI)
- PORTUGAL BLUE: a new initiative for blue economy investments
- JEREMIE Greece Reflows – Business Angels’ Co-Investment Equity Instrument
- German Corona Matching Facility (CMF)
- Portugal Growth programme
- Central and Eastern European Technology Transfer (CEETT)
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP) II
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP)
- Croatian Venture Capital Initiative 2 (CVCi 2)
- AGRI Italy Platform Uncapped Guarantee Instrument
- DISPOSITIF INSTRUMENTS FINANCIERS BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTÉ
- ALTER’NA – ESIF EARFD Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Baltic Innovation Fund 1 (BIF 1)
- Baltic Innovation Fund 2 (BIF 2)
- Central Europe Fund of Funds (CEFoF)
- Croatian Venture Capital Initiative (CVCi FoF)
- Competitiveness Fund-of-Funds for SMEs in Romania
- The Cyprus Entrepreneurship Fund (CYPEF)
- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Initiative East Guarantee Facility (DCFTA)
- EU4Business Capped Guarantee
- Dutch Growth Co-Investment Programme
- Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI-II)
- ESIF Fund-of-Funds Greece
- EAFRD FoF Portugal
- EAFRD FoF Romania
- The ERP-EIF Facility
- ERP-EIF Co-Investment Growth Facility
- The LfA-EIF Facilities
- The German Future Fund (GFF) - EIF Growth Facility
- INAF – French National Agricultural Initiative
- ESIF Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Malta
- Regional Fund-of-Funds Romania
- ESIF Fund-of-Funds Czech Republic
- The Silesia EIF Fund of Funds
- La Financière Région Réunion
- The EIB Group Risk Enhancement Mandate (EREM)
- EstFund
- Call for Expression of Interest for FOSTER II
- Greater Anatolia Guarantee Facility (GAGF)
- G43 - Anatolian Venture Capital Fund Project
- InvestBG Equity Instrument
- JEREMIE
- Romania Recovery Equity Fund of Funds
- JEREMIE Romania Reflows – Equity Instrument
- Luxembourg Future Fund 1 (LFF)
- Luxembourg Future Fund 2
- Mezzanine 'Fund of Fund' for Germany (MDD)
- NEOTEC resources
- Polish Growth Fund of Funds (PGFF)
- Portugal Venture Capital Initiative (PVCi)
- Scottish-European Growth Co-Investment Programme
- Slovene Equity Growth Investment Programme (SEGIP)
- Swedish Venture Initiative (SVI)
- Turkish Growth and Innovation Fund (TGIF)
- Western Balkans Enterprise Development & Innovation Facility (WB EDIF)
- EAFRD FoF Greece
- Irish Innovation Seed Fund (IISF)
- RRF Czech Republic Fund of Funds
Investment approach - ERP-EIF Dachfonds
Investment criteria
- Independent teams with complementary VC;
- Technology and industry experience;
- Coherent fund strategy taking into account the know-how of the team as well as fund size and the geographic, industrial and technological focus of the fund;
- Commercially viable fund sizes for team stability and the fund's shooting power concerning investments and follow-on financing needs;
- Appropriate incentive for the whole team;
- Pari-passu treatment of all investors;
- Fund should follow commercial investment approach;
- Clear legal and tax structure for the fund incl. market standard terms and conditions;
- EIF may not participate in funds where public funding (incl. EIF) is expected to exceed 50% of the fund's funding, after its target fundraising level is achieved;
- The funds in which EIF invests under the ERP-EIF Dachfonds must invest exclusively in SMEs according to the EU definition, which signifies: Not more than 250 employees; Turnover not exceeding EUR 50m or net assets not more than EUR 27m; Independence (not more than a quarter of the fund's capital held by non-SMEs).
- 1. First contact (telephone, e-mail, meeting etc.);
- 2. First screening of documents provided (preferably draft PPM);
- 3. Meeting with the core management, discussion of the fund project (fund size, strategy, management, etc.);
- 4. In-depth Due Diligence (meeting with all team members, investees, referencing, etc);
- 5. Contract negotiations and legal Due Diligence;
- 6. Investment decision by EIF Board;
- 7. Signature of the fund;
- 8. Management of the investment.
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Equity
- Technology Transfer
- Venture Capital
- Co-investments with Business Angels (EAF)
- EFSI Equity
- Pan-European VC Fund(s)-of-Funds programme
- InnovFin Equity
- COSME - Equity Facility for Growth (EFG)
- Lower Mid-Market
- Mezzanine
- EIF-NPI Equity Platform
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Investments
- Social Impact Accelerator (SIA)
- Private Equity Secondary Market Transactions
- Institutional investors
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Inclusive finance
Loan funds
Regional development and sector-specific initiatives
- EU4Business Capped Guarantee
- FAIRE - La Réunion
- Normandie Garantie Agri
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP) II
- Bulgaria Recovery Equity Fund of Funds
- Auvergne Rhône-Alpes FEADER
- Luxembourg Future Fund 2
- RRF Czech Republic Fund of Funds
- Prêt Participatif Grand Est
- German Corona Matching Facility
- Portugal Growth programme
- WB EDIF Guarantee Facility – Youth Employment (WB EDIF GF Youth)
- InvestBG Equity Instrument
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP)
- AGRI Italy Platform
- Dispositif Instrument Financier Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- ALTER'NA - ESIF EARFD Nouvelle Aquitaine
- Baltic Innovation Fund (BIF)
- Baltic Innovation Fund 2 (BIF 2)
- Central Europe Fund of Funds (CEFoF)
- Cyprus Entrepreneurship Fund (CYPEF)
- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Initiative East mandate
- Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI-II)
- EAFRD FoF Greece
- EAFRD FoF Romania
- Estfund
- FOSTER
- ERP-EIF Co-Investment Growth FacilityLFAMDD
- Greek ESIF FoF – EquiFund
- INAF - The French National Agricultural Initiative
- IPA/G43GAGF
- La Financière Région Réunion
- Luxembourg Future Fund (LFF)
- Swedish Venture Initiative (SVI)
- Turkish Growth and Innovation Fund (TGIF)
- Polish Growth Fund of Funds (PGFF)
- Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme
- Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF)
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