31 May 2024
With the support of ERDF equity financial instruments, Development Finance Institution ALTUM, is supporting some of the country’s highest growth start-ups to foster investments in innovation
29 May 2024
Through ESIF financial instruments, HAMAG-BICRO, the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments facilitates access to finance for entrepreneurs through all development stages of their business.
Thanks to ERDF financial instruments, the Bulgarian Sustainable Cities Fund has invested to revitalise urban landscapes and restore heritage sites across the country, creating greener, safer and more inclusive spaces for citizens.
25 April 2024
Thanks to a business training carried out by microStart in Belgium, in partnership with the European consortium for the PLOUTOS project, funded by AMIF, Marceline Uwineza— a Rwandan national now residing in Brussels with her family—gained confidence in her business project and embarked on a fresh start.
Over the last two decades, Lithuania accomplished a major transformation in the financing of energy efficiency measures in multi-apartment residential buildings. Thanks to ERDF-powered financial instruments, the country was able to address multiple national priorities, including energy poverty.
24 April 2024
The EU Commission and the EIB have been working towards supporting worker buyouts through advanced talks on the topic as well as a new ESF+ fi-compass study with a special focus on four European countries: France, Italy, Spain and Slovenia. Initiated in cooperation with DG EMPL, the study is set to explore innovative models of financial instruments for preserving jobs and skills in the EU workforce.
24 April 2024
Small and young companies have limited access to the capital market. With the help of the Micro Mezzanine Fund Germany, Benjamin Brito, a young Argentinian, who arrived in Germany ten years ago, was able to open and develop his own van renovation business in Hamburg.
15 December 2023
Thanks to the financial backing of the Micro and small loans for rural development 2014-2020, Ivica Babojelić, a young farmer growing organic berries in Samobor, West of Zagreb, could kickstart his project and transform his mother’s plot of land into a flourishing family farm.
14 December 2023
Thanks to the venture capital (VC) support from IBB Ventures, backed by European Regional Development Fund resources, Nuventura, a Berlin-based start-up is spearheading a green revolution.