Annual Report 2025
Against a backdrop of a rapidly changing world, the EIF stayed the course in 2025. Working with more than 300 partners across Europe, we channelled €15.7bn into the European capital markets, ultimately making available around €130bn for businesses, individuals and infrastructure projects.
More than anything else, this has meant opportunity. It has helped shape a more dynamic European innovation ecosystem, from start-up to scale-up. But it has also made clear how much is at stake as we work to strengthen Europe’s resilience and competitiveness – from our defence and security to our energy efficiency and overall sustainability - social and economic as much as environmental.
At the same time, for the European citizen, this has translated into better access to finance and business opportunities, greater affordability from housing to energy, tangible support during this dual green and digital transition, solidarity and inclusion.
Committed to the EU policy agenda, and using the wide range of financial instruments at our disposal, we have stood firmly behind European entrepreneurs with the support they deserve as they pursue their own ambitions and carry the European economy with them.
Message from Marjut Falkstedt
EIF Chief Executive
Against a backdrop of a rapidly changing world, the EIF stayed the course in 2025. Working with more than 300 partners across Europe, we channelled €15.7bn into the European capital markets, ultimately making available around €130bn for businesses, individuals and infrastructure projects.
More than anything else, this has meant opportunity. It has helped shape a more dynamic European innovation ecosystem, from start-up to scale-up. But it has also made clear how much is at stake as we work to strengthen Europe’s resilience and competitiveness – from our defence and security to our energy efficiency and overall sustainability - social and economic as much as environmental.
At the same time, for the European citizen, this has translated into better access to finance and business opportunities, greater affordability from housing to energy, tangible support during this dual green and digital transition, solidarity and inclusion.
Committed to the EU policy agenda, and using the wide range of financial instruments at our disposal, we have stood firmly behind European entrepreneurs with the support they deserve as they pursue their own ambitions and carry the European economy with them.
Message from Marjut Falkstedt
EIF Chief Executive
The year in numbers
Tackling the tech scale-up gap
The call to back European innovators from the earliest stage of their projects through to start-up, but more importantly, in the growth and scale-up phase, is something that has translated into EIF bread and butter throughout the last few years, but especially in 2025.
The year in numbers
Tackling the tech scale-up gap
The call to back European innovators from the earliest stage of their projects through to start-up, but more importantly, in the growth and scale-up phase, is something that has translated into EIF bread and butter throughout the last few years, but especially in 2025.
A selection of firsts
In our effort to strengthen the European investment ecosystem, we are constantly looking to develop innovative products, establish new partnerships and bring fresh ideas to all corners of the European continent. So, how did we break new ground in 2025?
A selection of firsts
In our effort to strengthen the European investment ecosystem, we are constantly looking to develop innovative products, establish new partnerships and bring fresh ideas to all corners of the European continent. So, how did we break new ground in 2025?
