We make direct co-investments into some of Europe’s best start-ups and scale-ups, to help them realise their full potential and magnify our impact on core EU priorities like Climate and Deep tech. We always do so in partnership with top ranked funds and investment partners backed by the EIF.
The EIB Group, through the European Investment Fund, is a longstanding investor in venture capital, and private equity and infrastructure funds across Europe. Such companies may be at various stages of development, ranging from early stages to expansion and internationalisation.
Today, our co-investment activity is structured as follows:
Infrastructure and climate-focused fund co-investments
The EIB co-invests in select opportunities alongside fund managers backed by the EIF under its Climate and Infrastructure Fund window.
Examples of EIB projects: EIB co-investment programme and energy efficiency co-investment programme
Corporate venture co-investments
The EIB partners with corporate venture and specialised investment teams to co-invest across all sectors in which the EIB operates, including but not limited to life sciences, cleantech, deep tech, industrial technologies.
Cleantech Co-Investment Facility
The Cleantech Co-Investment Facility is a €200 million pool of capital targeting equity co-investments into European SMEs and Mid-Caps innovating in cleantech to promote climate action and environmental sustainability. Find more information and apply here.
National Promotional Institutions (NPIs) co-investments
The EIB and European NPIs and/or banks operate dedicated co-investment financing programmes to support the growth of national small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps. These programmes are available in specific EU Member States.
EIB Group and venture capital
The EIB Group today is already firmly established as a leading player in the European venture capital landscape, supporting a wide range of venture capital/private equity and mezzanine fund managers through the EIF. In addition, the EIB Group, supported by the European Commission’s InvestEU programme, is the leading provider of venture debt, quasi-equity and other types of structured risk capital to support innovative, high-growing and young companies in Europe across a range of sectors.
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