It's official! 📣  @GoogleEurope invests €20.5 million in two funds advised by EIF 🙌 We welcome Google’s commitment as the first corporate to invest in these initiatives, and look forward to jointly supporting European #SMEs & #LifeScience companies 👉 bit.ly/EIF-Google

Today we're announcing new support for small businesses around the world, including more than 20 million Euros with European Investment Fund to support more than 1000 European small businesses and 200 life sciences companies via loan funds and investments: blog.google/outreach-initi…

The covid pandemic has accelerated the need for the digital transition of the European economy. European Investment Fund is supporting this transformation through (among other initiatives) its investments into European Venture Capital funds #digitalEurope #EuropeanVC

I love this part: Most importantly, focus on the wellbeing of your people [...]- relevant not only for startups 🤔

Maybe a study to read before disclosing 7 days incidence rates and comparing the high case numbers in Luxembourg to other countries... thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

We're proud of our deep and long-lasting relationships in the European #VC market 👀 Together we've been behind some of the fastest growing #tech companies over the past years. ⏬ Chart e.g. the European Investment Fund and Creandum working together for 14 years, investing in Bolt in 2019.

Together with our #VC fund partners across Europe we've been supporting #startups & #scaleups capable of disrupting the markets with their #innovation. 🚀 We've mobilised €2bn+ of investments ⏬ in #AI #blockchain #space #quantum & remain committed to this area under #InvestEU.

“78% of our VC funds generate double-digit net IRR”, Bjorn Tremmerie from ⁦European Investment Fund⁩ on the performance of European VC #SuperVenture21

#UglyDuck21 🦆 top charts revealed 🔎 In his annual market #update, the European Investment Fund's Uli Grabenwarter shares latest insights from our #venturecapital portfolio 📊 Part 1 👇 trends and performance - net #IRR; top sectors - #lifesciences #ICT #foodtech; vintage years - #top10 #top50.

In April, a team of cyberattackers attempted to breach an undersea cable off the coast of Hawaii. The cable is part of a network that carries over 95% of the world’s data. The attack is one of in a series of mysterious attacks on US infrastructure. Let's dig in.

🔎 Sneak peek into the European Investment Fund's #NewSpace portfolio to date >< thanks to #investments from our #InnovFin Space Pilot 🚀 leading the way for new opportunities to provide #VC funding to #startups & #scaleups - now via #InvestEU 🇪🇺. Milestones in review: bit.ly/3OCdY7o

The difference between 1.5°C & 3°C global warming means vastly different scenarios for our future. New UN Climate Change report finds countries' current national climate plans are not enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C & protect our future. unfccc.int/news/climate-p…

Heard this week from VC LPs: - Clearing in secondary mkt for LP stakes of VC funds = 60%+ discount - Institutional ‘23 commitments are planned by now. Good luck if not on list. - One LP - “VC is 10% of our portfolio but 30% of value - still few seed/early stage markdowns

Congrats to #space company Isar Aerospace for securing record Series C #funding round at $165m. Among the lead investors, kudos to HV Capital and Vsquared Ventures - both backed by the EIF 🚀 Together believing in the stars of Europe 🇪🇺 bit.ly/40lv14v #EUSpace

The Ugly Duck 🦆is back! The European Investment Fund's flagship #VentureCapital conference will take place on 26-27 September in Luxembourg. Our event brings together 250+ GPs from the European VC ecosystem. Tune in to #UglyDuck23 with this retrospective: bit.ly/uglyduck-tbt

Tomorrow is Sifted's first in-person event in Berlin 💃 So we've been doing our homework on the German startup scene, and here are a few key data points... 1/ Growth stage rounds are few and far between

Introducing Alpine Space Ventures, the 1st investment in a specialised #NewSpace #tech fund under #Investeu, also with the backing of ERP 🇩🇪 and Cassini. Together💪we are growing the nascent space tech ecosystem in Europe 🇪🇺 bit.ly/3BVMMgb

Things began to look very unusual two months ago. Today the charts need no commentary, they speak for themselves. This is the Atlantic. x.com/DrTELS/status/…