In order to provide additional firepower to successful fund managers and help realise the full growth potential of Europe’s best start-ups and scale-ups, the EIB Group engages in equity and hybrid debt co-investments with top ranked funds and investment partners.
By co-investing with successful venture capitalists and other investors alongside their private funds, the co-investment activities target highly innovative companies, amongst others in the life sciences, ICT, infrastructure and renewable energy, as well as industrial technology sectors, both in their early stages and in their expansion and internationalisation phase.
Today, the EIB conducts co-investment transactions through four main verticals:
Artificial Intelligence EIB-EIF Co-Investment Facility
The AI Co-Investment Facility is a €150 million joint equity instrument targeting companies in the field of artificial intelligence. 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 SMEs and mid-caps.
Corporate venture funds co-investments
The EIB and its partners from corporate venture and investment funds operate co-investment schemes in life sciences and ICT/ industrial technology, such as biotechnologies or cybersecurity.
Infrastructure and environmental-focused fund co-investments
The EIB co-invests alongside fund managers backed under its equity and fund investment window with a focus on infrastructure and the environment.
EIB-EIF Co-Investment Facility
The EIB-EIF Co-Investment Facility has now been terminated.
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 (VC)/private equity (PE) and mezzanine fund managers through the EIF. In addition, the EIB Group under the European Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe, has emerged as the leading provider of venture debt, quasi-equity and other types of structured risk capital for innovative, high growing and young companies across a range of sectors.