Showcase 2024
Seize the day to claim the Showcase Award 2024!
The fi-compass Showcase is a unique opportunity to share and promote your financial instrument triumphs within the fi‑compass community. Entries from around Europe will be displayed onsite at the FI Campus event, taking place from 25-27 June 2024 in Brussels. Attendees at the event will cast their votes for their favourite success story, and the top three submissions will be awarded the Showcase 2024 Trophy!
Watch the 2024 Showcase Award submissions
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about three interconnected urban development projects that were undertaken in Sofia, Bulgaria and received loans from the Urban Development Funds of Sofia: the Fund for Sustainable Urban Development (FSUD) and the Sustainable Cities Fund (SCF), co-financed with European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) resources.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about the Old Slaughterhouse – a historical building situated in the Łasztownia district of Szczecin in the West Pomerania region in Poland. With help of a loan from the JESSICA initiative, co-financed with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Old Slaughterhouse building was restored and is used now to host a number of companies.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story how four innovative Slovak companies were able to grow and expand thanks to received equity investment, co-financed with European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and provided by the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH), the fund of funds managing ESIF financial instruments in Slovakia.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission tells the story of how four French companies were able to grow and expand thanks to ESIF financial instruments set up by the FOSTER fund of funds. Loan, guarantee and equity instruments set up by FOSTER in the Occitanie Region in France mobilise investment to support a range of different types of SMEs in sectors including digital, health, services and agriculture.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about the company San Giorgio, leader of 8 companies involved in the Sweet Campania project, financed by the National Operational Programme on ‘Enterprises and Competitiveness (EC NOP) 2014-2020’. The project, received loans of over EUR 6 800 000 from Fondo Rotativo Contratti di Sviluppo Asse III, a financial instrument co-financed with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to further develop its business.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about Smart Bill, an invoicing and inventory management software company from Bucharest, Romania. The company received as final recipient an equity investment from the JEREMIE Romania 2007-2013 financial instrument, co-financed with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the national budget.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about Metalcontrol, a small mechanic company from Poviglio, Reggio Emilia in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. The company received financial support through the region’s ERDF co-financed Energy Fund and used it to finance the technological transformation of the company’s facilities.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about CIDAS, a social cooperative working in four regions in Italy. With help of the financial support of Emilia-Romagna region’s ERDF co-financed Energy Fund, the CIDAS nursing home in Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region purchased a micro-cogeneration plant with the objective to make this facility more energy efficient.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about Pukas Surf, a small company from San Sebastián, Spain. This company received a loan under the SME Initiative in Spain. Pukas Surf is a family business manufacturing surf boards.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story from Croatia about the company Termostroj, producing electric boilers for central heating and many other purposes. With the help of the loan from the financial instrument ‘ESIF Growth and Expansion Loans’ co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), Termostroj could buy new equipment and modernise its premises.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story from Croatia about the printing house Denona. With the loan from the financial instrument ‘ESIF Growth and Expansion Loans’ co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), Denona was able modernise its printing department by buying new printing equipment.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission consists of stories about 5 small businesses in Croatia that benefited from small loans and micro loans co-financed with European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and managed by the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO).
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about Gomedia Satcom, an innovative start-up company based in Catania, Sicily, in the South of Italy. The company received a low-interest loan from Fondo Rotativo Smart&Start, a financial instrument co-financed with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the National Operational Program ‘Enterprise and Competitiveness 2014-2020’, to further develop its business.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about SWN Moravia, a company producing staircases and railings from the Czech Republic. The company received an interest-free loan from the Energy Savings programme provided by Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank (ČMZRB). This financial instrument is co-financed with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). With this loan, the company replaced boilers generating heat for the company with the aim to significantly reduce its energy consumption, lower its emissions and make its heat production process more effective.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about Vranov Beach Holiday Park, a final recipient of a loan from the Expansion programme provided by Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank (ČMZRB). The Expansion programme is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). With the loan, the accommodation offer of Vranov Beach Holiday Park was widened.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission includes a video story and a brochure about EquiFund. EquiFund is a fund of funds programme providing equity financing to companies in Greece. The initiative is co-financed inter alia with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). EquiFund’s three investment windows: the ‘Innovation window’, the ‘Early Stage window’ and the ‘Growth Stage window’, are operated by overall nine financial intermediaries, selected by EquiFund’s fund of funds manager, the EIF.
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about Neurovalens, a small company from Northern Ireland producing wearable technology. The company received a loan from Invest NI's ‘Access to Finance’ financial instrument, co-financed with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is a video story about IFRRU 2020, a financial instrument aimed to support investments in urban renewal, covering the entire Portuguese territory. This includes loans and guarantees, co-financed with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF).
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission is an English language summary of the second edition of the ‘Report on Financial Instruments co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds’, prepared by the Agency for Territorial Cohesion in Italy. The report describes market dynamics, the programming and implementing system activities for financial instruments in Italy.
FI Campus 2024, Showcase event, 25-27 June, Brussels
Mark your calendar today for the fifth edition of ‘FI Campus 2024’, the flagship fi-compass event organised by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The event will take place on 25, 26 and 27 June 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.
Now is your chance to take part!