La Financière Région Réunion

La Financière Région Réunion is a new generation of Fund-of-Funds (FoF). This FoF was set up in cooperation with the French Region Réunion using resources from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the Region and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).

La Financière Région Réunion is managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the current ESIF programming period 2014-2020. It builds on the close and active collaboration between EIB Group and the Region for many years.

The main purpose of the FoF will be used to enhance small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) competitiveness by easing their access to finance (debt and equity) with the objective to support approximately 1 000 SMEs for a total investment of EUR 100 million.

Following the signature of the Funding Agreement on 12 September 2017, EIF is currently looking for financial intermediaries to implement two financial instruments:

• A funding/portfolio risk sharing instrument with a generalist focus to facilitate SMEs’ (without any specific constraints in terms of sector or activity) access to finance at better terms (e.g. reduction of interest rates and/or collateral requirements)
• An equity co-investment instrument, aiming at strengthening SME equity in the French Region Réunion

Who is eligible* to become a financial intermediary under La Financière Région Réunion?

Depending on the type of financial Instrument, eligible applicants are:

• For the funding/portfolio risk sharing instrument: financial Institutions duly authorized, according to applicable legislation, to carry out lending or leasing activities to final recipients established and/or operating in Region Réunion
• For the equity co-investment instrument: venture capital fund managers with a track-record of investments into SMEs established and/or operating in Region Réunion

* for the complete set of eligibility and other criteria per instrument, please refer to the specific call for expression of interest document.

How to apply to La Financière Région Réunion?

For each of the financial instruments available, the documents to be downloaded below contain details of the application process, the required content of the Calls for Expression of Interest, and the indicative terms and conditions for each financial instrument.

The deadlines to apply for the financial instruments are:

• For the equity co-investment instrument: 30 November 2017
• For the funding/portfolio risk sharing instrument: 31 December 2017