European Investment Fund

European Investment Fund Location: EIF headquarters 96, boulevard Konrad Adenauer L-2968 Luxembourg Contact: Phone.: +352 2485 1 Fax: +352 2485 81301 Email: Email form Financed by: Website: link

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Aim — We provide to our financial intermediaries an Integrated Risk Finance Product Range of SME finance, complementing the products offered by the European Investment Bank (EIB) with which we form the EIB Group. We aim at satisfying existing and future market needs by designing innovative financial products such as:

1. Equity products: Technology Transfer, Venture Capital, Co-investments with Business Angels, Lower, mid-market funds
2. Debt products: Portfolio Guarantees & Credit enhancement, Microfinance

More information — EIF is Europe's leading developer of risk financing for entrepreneurship and innovation. It is owned by the European Investment Bank (EIB) (64%) and the European Community, through the European Commission (27%).

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Specific organisations targeted — SME's

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Specific information on target countries — European Union (EU) Member States, in EU Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries and in the European Free Trade Association countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).

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