ABOUT THE EIF
As part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, the European Investment Fund (EIF) designs and deploys financial instruments, which enable banks, funds, and other financial intermediaries to better serve SMEs.
As a result, we attract more private capital into the SME space, kick-start new financing markets and ecosystems, and ultimately make more financing available to SMEs across the EU and associated countries. We manage resources on behalf of the EIB, the European Commission (EC), national and regional authorities, and other third parties.
The EIF is a public-private partnership, whose tripartite shareholding structure includes the EIB, the EU represented by the European Commission, and various public and private financial institutions.
For the green transition, this means using our financial instruments and partnerships to channel financing towards sustainable businesses and investments, climate and environmental innovation, and the infrastructure needed for Europe's transition.
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Sustainability is no longer a choice—it’s the foundation of Europe’s future. Through the Climate Bank Roadmap, we’ve already helped thousands of European businesses transition towards greener operations. Now, with phase 2, we’re scaling our ambition to support clean industrial transformation. At the EIF, we are committed to making competitiveness and sustainability a winning tandem for Europe—ensuring that the players of change have the financial tools to lead us into a resilient, inclusive, and climate-neutral future."
MARJUT FALKSTEDT, Chief Executive
What does THE EIF bring?
EIF'S CONTRIBUTION IN 2025
Across Europe, small businesses, farms, and infrastructure projects are carrying out the practical work of the climate transition - retrofitting buildings, shifting to regenerative practices, scaling clean technology. The EIF backs the banks and funds that back them. Through equity, debt, guarantees, and securitisation, we get climate finance to the intermediaries and innovators who can put it to work fastest. These are the Players of Change.
We invest in funds, share risk with lenders and use securitisation to increase financing capacity. This helps our partners finance businesses and investments that contribute to Europe's green transformation - while attracting additional private capital into the market.
