France

Exosens, a high-tech company specializing in mission- and performance-critical amplification, detection, and imaging technologies, has secured a €140 million financing facility with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”). The facility will support the Group’s research, development, and innovation activities, as well as selected industrial investments serving European defense, surveillance, and industrial end markets, which benefit from strong structural growth drivers.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending French seed producer Limagrain €300 million to accelerate the development of more productive and resilient crops. The loan represents one of the EIB’s largest financing operations in the agricultural sector in Europe.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group is providing a €60 million guarantee to asset manager Sienna IM to increase financing for biodiversity in Europe. The support is being provided by the EIF, part of the EIB Group, to cover financing by the Sienna Biodiversity Private Credit Fund[1], a fund devoted to restoring and protecting biodiversity in Europe. The EIF guarantee covers up to 70% of the credit risk of small and medium firms and is being granted under the InvestEU Sustainability Guarantee.