Press releases overview

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and Luxembourg, Luxembourg, September 9, 2024 - VIVES Inter-University fund (IUF), a European science based early-stage fund, today announces the securing of an additional €5M ($5.36M) from the Luxembourg Future Fund 2 (LFF 2) bringing its total funding to €75M ($80.5M).

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has invested €35 million in Adara Ventures Energy Fund, the new energy transition fund launched by Adara Ventures, a Spain-based early-stage venture capital investment firm. The new fund has a target size of €120 million to invest in cutting-edge technologies and solutions that accelerate the energy transition in Europe. It will focus on early-stage companies with technical strengths in software, data, components, and devices.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a €50 million participation in Nine Realms Venture Capital’s latest fund, focusing on supporting early-stage technology-enabled SMEs in the supply chain sector. Main goal of the investment is to support companies with strong ideas to improve the environmental footprint of the global supply chain, which can account for up to 90% of a consumer good’s footprint. The fund has a target size of €200 million and will specifically ...

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is intensifying its support for Norwegian technology startups by making its third and largest investment to date in SINTEF’s seed fund. Combined with contributions from Norwegian partners, the SINTEF Venture VI fund will manage a capital of half a billion Norwegian kroner. This substantial investment aims to foster the creation of 10-15 new companies, leveraging SINTEF’s long-standing tradition of pioneering technological advancements to develop ...

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is providing a limited guarantee to seQura to mobilise up to €62.5 million in financing solutions for students in Europe. seQura is a provider of financing technology solutions that, thanks to the EIF guarantee, will be able to expand its loan offering to university and professional schools’ students.