What services does InnovFin Advisory offer
- Strategic planning
- Business modelling
- Capital structure, debt and risk allocation
- Classic or innovative financial instruments
- Funding sources and their eligibility criteria
- Governance
- Management of stakeholders
- More "efficient usage" of public financial instruments
Who can benefit
Building on the support, networks and expertise of the EIB Group and the European Commission, we operate in and between:
- Private sectors (large and small corporates, RDI clusters, industry associations, financial market associations etc.)
- Public sector (European Commission, Member States, government agencies etc.)
- Public-private and semi-public (research institutes, foundations, NGOs etc.)
InnovFin Advisory services are provided independently of the EIB’s lending/investment decisions. We will assess all potential financing sources including, but not limited to, EIB funding.
What projects are eligible
To be eligible for InnovFin Advisory a project must:
- Require a minimum €15 million of R&I investment
- Fit the policy objectives of Horizon 2020
Not yet be mature for financing appraisal
Publications
- Unlocking the hydrogen economy — stimulating investment across the hydrogen value chain
- Artificial intelligence, blockchain and the future of Europe
- Financing the digitalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises
- The digitalisation of small and medium enterprises in Ireland: Models for financing digital projects - Executive Summary
- The future of the European space sector: How to leverage Europe’s technological leadership and boost investments for space ventures - Executive Summary
- The future of the European space sector: How to leverage Europe’s technological leadership and boost investments for space ventures
- Financing the future of supercomputing: How to increase the investments in high performance computing in Europe
- Financing the digital transformation: Unlocking the value of photonics and microelectronics
- A Guide to the Statistical Treatment of Energy Performance Contracts
- Financing innovation in clean and sustainable mobility
- Financing the Deep Tech Revolution: How investors assess risks in Key Enabling Technologies (KETs)
- Financing the next wave of medical breakthroughs - What works and what needs fixing?
- InnovFin Advisory
- Access-to-finance conditions for Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
- Fostering innovation to remain competitive
- Access-to-finance conditions for Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) companies
- Access-to-finance conditions for projects supporting Circular Economy
Press releases
- EIB signs advisory agreement with Hydrogen Europe
- Joint action for bio-based industries: EIB, European Commission and ECBF Management GmbH launch circular bioeconomy fund with a target size of €250 million
- EIB Group will rapidly mobilise up to EUR 40 billion to fight crisis caused by Covid-19 and calls on Member States to set up a further guarantee for SME and mid-cap support from EIB Group and national promotional banks
- Hydrogen Council and EIB sign advisory agreement to address climate change with increased investment in hydrogen
- Poland: EIB boost for research and development
- Europe prepares the ground for Research and Technology Organisations to get more and better access to finance