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 EUR 15 million of R&I investment
- Fit the policy objectives of Horizon 2020
Not yet be mature for financing appraisal
Looking for a single access to our advisory services?
The European Investment Advisory Hub is the first point of contact for information on our advisory services within the EU.
Lending to clients of all sizes to support sustainable growth and job creation
Through our investments in equity and funds we stimulate and catalyse private capital
Covering risks of large and small projects, as well as loan portfolios
Technical and financial expertise for our clients
Publications
- 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
- 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