Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 14 – 19 April 2025
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EU Council agrees position to simplify InvestEU regulation to boost competitiveness
EU Member states’ representatives (Coreper) approved today the Council’s negotiating mandate on one of the Commission’s proposals to simplify EU…
INERATEC secures €70m financing for Europe’s largest e-Fuel-production in Frankfurt
Sustainable e-Fuel production pioneer INERATEC today formally agreed a €40 million venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB)…
Clinical research and digitization: EIB provides €35m in financing to GVM Group
GVM will use EIB financing to develop medical technologies, carry out clinical research and strengthen digital infrastructure. The operation is…
Battery manufacturing value chain: EU Commission and EIB announce new partnership
Today, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are announcing a new partnership to support investments in the…
EIF and InvestEU supports housing for 3,500 students in Central and Eastern Europe
Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Baltic States to gain student accommodations after EIF throws its weight behind fund run…
Iceland: Up to €100m in new SME funding as Arion Banki gets EIF guarantee
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a guarantee agreement with Arion Bank to support new lending to some 40…
Germany: EIB boosts high-speed internet with €350m InvestEU-backed loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending fibre broadband provider Deutsche Glasfaser (DG) €350 million to expand its network in…
Critical raw materials: EU Commission and EBRD mobilise investment facility
The European Unionand the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an agreement on a new facility providing equity…
InvestEU: EU Commission signs agreement with Banco Português de Fomento
The EU Commission and Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) have signed today an InvestEU guarantee agreement worth up to €210…
EIF: Small businesses in Iceland get €21m EU financing
The European Investment Fund (EIF) signs a guarantee agreement with Byggðastofnun to support over 50 small businesses in rural areas…
Circular economy transition: EIB provides ETRA with €100m
The European Investment Bank and ETRA have signed an agreement concerning €100 million of investment in improving recycling facilities and integrated…
InvestEU backs €100m EIB loan for renewable hydrogen in Germany
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement worth up to €100 million with Germany-based Sunfire, to advance its development…
InvestEU supports EIB investment to make Italian road infrastructure safer and more resilient
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €1.2 billion loan to Autostrade per l'Italia SpA (ASPI). €800 million of…
InvestEU programme supports €392m investment in Europe’s first circular battery production gigafactory in Sweden
The InvestEU programme provides support to two investments worth around €392 million announced as part of the expansion of Northvolt's gigafactory in Northern Sweden, Skellefteå…
EIB: Up to €1.7bn financing for new solar power plants in Spain, Italy, and Portugal
The photovoltaic power plants will have a total capacity of approximately 5.6 GW and will produce an estimated 9.29 TWh a year.…
InvestEU kickstarts €250m of investment
The InvestEU Investment Committee approved a new guarantee, bringing the total of operations financed by the Council of Europe Development…
Komerční banka: EIF to facilitate up to €280m in new financing to Czech and Slovakian SMEs
European Investment Fund guarantees will support debt financing for about 6,500 micro, small and medium-sized companies in Czechia and Slovakia,…
InvestEU: Impact Bridge launches €150m impact fund with the support of the EIF and MicroBank
Impact Bridge launches this fund, the largest in Spain, to finance high social impact projects in areas such as inclusion,…
InvestEU: EU Commission signs an agreement with Iceland and Norway
The EU Commission has signed contribution agreements with Iceland and Norway under InvestEU, making them the first non-EU countries participating in the…
InvestEU: EIF and Lithuanian SME Bank support businesses in the Baltics, Finland and the Netherlands
Brussels, 25 May 2023 The EIF and Lithuania’s SME Bank have signed a new guarantee...
InvestEU: EIF and Qredits sign agreement to unlock €100m for Dutch micro-entrepreneurs
Brussels, 16 May 2023 Leading Dutch microfinance provider Qredits has signed a new guarantee agreement...
InvestEU: EIF and UniCredit sign agreements to channel €1 bn to SMEs across seven European countries
Brussels, 10 May 2023 The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the EIB Group, is...
InvestEU: EIF and Noviti Finance sign agreement to make available up to €47m for micro-businesses in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland
Brussels, 13 April 2023 The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Noviti Finance, Lithuania’s alternative non-bank...
Green mobility/energy: Investment Committee paves way for first InvestEU projects by EBRD
Brussels, 27 March 2023 On Friday, 24 March 2023, the InvestEU Investment Committee has approved guarantees worth...
InvestEU: €200 in new loans for Finnish companies to accelerate the digital and green transition
Brussels, 22 March 2023 The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Finnish financial institution OP Financial...
InvestEU: €3.4bn to modernise the Palermo-Catania railway line
Brussels, 14 March 2023 Resources totalling €3.4 billion are on the way to modernise and...
EIF: Up to €250m in loans for companies in Portugal to support sustainable investments
Brussels, 7 March 2023 The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Santander Portugal have signed a...
InvestEU: EIF and Swedish Almi sign agreement to guarantee €211m in new loans for SMEs in Sweden
Brussels, 22 February 2023 The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Swedish business developer Almi have...
InvestEU: €115m support for the green and digital transition of SMEs in Finland and Sweden
Brussels, 6 February 2023 The Nordea Bank Abp will benefit from European Investment Fund (EIF) guarantees...
InvestEU: Triodos Bank increases support to social enterprises*
Brussels, 31 January 2023 Triodos Bank can provide up to €67 million in loans to...
InvestEU: EU Commission signs agreement with CDC to unlock €700m in investments across France
Brussels, 20 December 2022 Today, the European Commission and the Caisse des Dépôts (CDC) have...
Green investments: EU Commission signs agreement with NIB to unlock €480m
Brussels, 12 December 2022 Today, the European Commission and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) have signed an InvestEU guarantee...
Social investments: EU Commission and Council of Europe Development Bank sign agreement to mobilise €500m
Brussels, 28 November 2022 Today, the European Commission and the Council of Europe Development Bank...
Eurazeo announces the first close of its transition infrastructure fund to support the transition to a low carbon economy
Brussels, 23 November 2022 With the first close of the Fund, Eurazeo strengthens its commitment...
Energy efficiency: MAIF and the European Investment Fund (EIF) join forces with the launch of the F2E Fund
Brussels, 20 October 2022 The contribution of MAIF and the EIF has enabled the F2E...
EU Cohesion Policy: €354m for Estonia to phase out oil shale in energy production
Brussels, 10 October 2022 Estonia will receive €354 million in EU grants to support the...
InvestEU: Romanian microfinance strengthened by new cooperation
Brussels, 27 September 2022 Access to microfinance by entrepreneurs and farmers across Romania will be...
InvestEU in France: Loxam receives €130m from the EIB to support its energy transition
Brussels, 26 September 2022 The Loxam Group (“Loxam”), France’s market leader and the fourth-largest global...
Junction Growth Investors lands €30m EU backing in first close of energy fund
Brussels, 16 September 2022 Belgian Junction Growth new growth-equity fund receives backing from the European...
InvestEU in Germany: EIF and KfW Capital support female GGF
Brussels, 2 September 2022 The Green Generation Fund (GGF) founded by Manon Littek and Janna...
InvestEU and State: Success for Romanian SMEs and the green transition
Brussels, 24 May 2022 Yesterday, the Commission has signed a contribution agreement with Romania to...
InvestEU: EU Commission and EIB Group sign €19.65bn Budget Guarantee Agreement
Brussels, 7 March 2022 The European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European...
InvestEU: EU Commission adopts new guidance documents and decisions to facilitate the start of the operations
The Commission has adopted various implementing acts and guidance documents in the framework of the InvestEU...