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European Investment Fund (EIF)
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is part of the EIB Group and provides debt financing, equity funding, and guarantees to support European SMEs, mid-caps, and infrastructure projects. It operates through financial intermediaries such as venture capital funds, private equity funds, private credit funds, and banks.
StagesSeed · Series A · Series B+ · Growth · Debt
Invests inEurope
Deals recorded1 since 2026
What they invest in
All investments and operations
1 operations| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Co-investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackPeak Capital | growth | €125 million | November 2026 | EBRD, IFC, Erste Asset Management +2 | therecursive.com |
Reports and papers
- EIF Equity Barometer Survey Q2 2026Published by this funder · July 2026 · 10 pages
- VC/PE Barometer Survey Q4 2025Published by this funder · December 2025 · 9 pages
- VC Survey 2024: Market sentimentPublished by this funder · October 2024 · 70 pages
- Limited Capital? Explaining Transatlantic Divergences in Artificial Intelligence Startup FinancingMentions this funder · Academic research · November 2026 · 21 pages
- Aligning Impact Capital for Social Enterprise Scaling: A Research for the European Impact Investing EcosystemMentions this funder · Academic research · October 2026 · 39 pages
- EIF Equity Survey Q3 2026Mentions this funder · Invest Europe · October 2026 · 11 pages
- As Good as Gold? Benchmarking the Impact of Public Support to Venture CapitalMentions this funder · Academic research · August 2026 · 31 pages
- The Execution Game: How Europe's Most Well-Funded Climate Founders Were MadeMentions this funder · AENU · January 2026 · 26 pages
- EIF Equity Survey 2025Mentions this funder · Invest Europe · January 2025 · 13 pages
- Swiss Venture Capital Fund Return Study 2025Mentions this funder · Swiss Venture Capital Report (startupticker) · January 2025 · 11 pages
- VC Survey 2024Mentions this funder · Invest Europe · October 2024 · 21 pages
- Sustainability Regulations and Their Impact on Private Capital in SpainMentions this funder · SpainCap (ex-ASCRI) · August 2024 · 36 pages
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