Advisory Support
Providing expertise and capacity building to financial intermediaries benefiting from InvestEU financial support. Advisory support may be offered by the EIF - in cooperation with EIB Advisory Services - to eligible financial intermediaries requiring such support for specific InvestEU products.
The respective Advisory Support activities with the terms and conditions of participation will be made available gradually by the EIF on this page.
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Capacity Building IEU Guarantee Deployment
This Capacity Building IEU Guarantee Deployment area is designed to collect, organize, and disseminate information and resources produces under InvestEU Advisory Hub to support EIF financial intermediaries and implementing partners deploying IEU Guarantee products. Find easy access to studies, training sessions, masterclasses, webinars and valuable material aiming to guide and provide insights into the Fund's various investments windows, themes and financial products.
InvestEU Eligibility webinar 1 Eligibility implementation
The first InvestEU Eligibility webinar focuses on the eligibility and contractual specifics of the facility. In this session, we dive deeper into the topics such as the SME status assessment, Enhanced Access to Finance mechanisms, Obligor Limit and the EIF’s Excluded and Restricted Policy, with the aim of underlining the importance and best practices in eligibility assessment and documentation.
InvestEU Eligibility webinar 2 Operational implementation
The second webinar focuses on operational matters. In this session, we emphasise the importance of accurately representing relevant undertakings in the final recipient transaction documentation. We also explore the reporting process and stress the importance of Pre-submission Data Controls by intermediaries. Lastly, we give an overview of the correct method for calculating claim amounts to the EIF in case of final recipient transaction defaults.
Sustainability & Green transformation
By supporting the small and mid-sized companies who drive climate innovation – as well as the infrastructure projects upon which transition is made possible – we are helping to make a difference.
To make it to a European net zero and dial back emissions, we need to spark transformative and innovative solutions for our climate.
Sustainability & Green transformation
Sustainability Guarantee
Sustainability Guarantee webinar
This webinar hosted a presentation of our dedicated sustainability portfolio guarantee product mainly targeting financial intermediaries in Europe: definitions, eligibility criteria, key features, the online tool for eligibility assessments, call for expression of interest, and Q&As.
Sustainability Guarantee Bulgaria webinar
This webinar, held on 7 April 2025, focused on the implementation of the Sustainability Guarantee Product in Bulgaria across key sectors, including energy efficiency in industry, building renovation and energy-efficient construction (with reference to relevant Bulgarian legislation), and renewable energy.
Equity
Green guide platform for Fund managers
The Green guide for Fund managers aims to support navigating through EIF’s Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability (CA&ES) criteria and assessing whether investment opportunities are compliant with this criteria. Funds at different stages of their lifecycle are invited to benefit from the tool.
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Innovation
The drive to innovate and digitalise exists on a spectrum, spanning from modest improvements in daily business, right up to disruptive innovations that change the way we live such as deep tech, space, defence, AI, life sciences & more.
Our financing helps businesses to keep pace and move into a brighter future.
Defence
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Social impact, Skills & Human capital
People are Europe's most valuable asset. Investing in people can help Europe tackle a wide range of societal challenges, and future proof Europe's labour markets.
Our financing helps empower the marginalised, helps skill our workforce and helps give value to our culture.
Social impact, Skills & Human capital
Social entrepreneurship for microfinance and finance providers in Southern EU
The masterclass, held on 18.09.2024 in Athens, focused on financial tools supporting social enterprises in Southern EU. Our experts introduced the InvestEU programme, the Social Economy Action plan, the Social Inclusive Finance Technical Assistance (SIFTA) initiative. The participants were presented the InvestEU Social Investment Skills Window Guarantee & Capacity Building products and received guidance on EIF applications and the next steps for accessing funding and technical assistance.
Social entrepreneurship for microfinance and finance providers in the Baltics
The masterclass, held on 15.10.2024 in Tallinn, focused on financial tools supporting social enterprises in the Baltics. Our experts introduced the InvestEU programme, the Social Economy Action Plan, and the Social Inclusive Finance Technical Assistance (SIFTA) initiative. The participants were presented the InvestEU Social Investment Skills Window Guarantee & Capacity Building products and received guidance on EIF applications and the next steps for accessing funding and technical assistance.
Social entrepreneurship for microfinance and finance providers in Central and Eastern Europe
The masterclass, held on 07.11.2024 in Vienna, focused on financial solutions for social enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe. Our experts introduced the InvestEU programme, the Social Economy Action Plan, and the Social Inclusive Finance Technical Assistance (SIFTA) initiative. The participants were presented the InvestEU Social Investment Skills Window Guarantee & Capacity Building products and received guidance on EIF applications and the next steps for accessing funding and technical assistance.
Skills and education
S&E Guarantee eligibility webinar
This webinar, hold on November 28th 2024, offers an overview of the S&E Thematic Product under the InvestEU programme. Our experts introduce the specific Eligibility Criteria relevant for the S&E Thematic Product (in addition to the general eligibility criteria applied across the InvestEU Portfolio Guarantee), and review the main operational requirements related to regular reporting and handling of cases of default.
Focus Group: market feedback on S&E products
A collaborative dialogue among stakeholders in skills and education aimed to collect market feedback on current sectoral dynamics and evaluate existing financial product offerings. The focus groups generated actionable recommendations for developing future instruments able to better address the needs and landscape of the S&E sector.
Student financing availability and cost analysis
Acquiring a higher education degree or vocational training certificate represents a significant financial commitment. Study-related expenses go beyond tuition fees and may include administrative costs, accommodation, transportation, and daily living expenses. These costs vary across countries. This report maps the terms and conditions of student financing across the 27 EU Member States and identifies key risk factors and default rate data.
Alternative student financing schemes
Acquiring a higher education degree or vocational training certificate entails a substantial financial investment. To broaden the range of beneficiaries and institutions involved in this area and address the funding gap for students and adult learners, the EIB and the EIF launched an analysis of regulatory requirements and tax implications for non-traditional intermediaries. This study focuses on alternative student financing schemes, specifically deferred payment models and income share agreements.
Culture and Creative Sectors
IEU CCS Guarantee webinar
The latest webinar on InvestEU Culture and Creative Sectors Guarantee offers an up-to-date overview of the CCS Thematic Product and its changes from the original CCS Guarantee. It also provides insights into the eligibility and operational requirements to guide the submission of the applications.
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Gender-smart financing
Empowering Equity Mentorship
The Empowering Equity Mentorship Programme aims at connecting a group of experienced women professionals from different asset classes with professionals who aim to undertake a career in the same area, seeking support and guidance on technical but also soft skills topics relevant to their investment journey. Join the programme and send us a question.
Female access to finance EIF Survey
This paper examines the current academic literature on access to finance for female entrepreneurs and female-led enterprises. It looks at studies covering two main financing markets: credit and venture capital (VC). It aims to provide a policy-oriented and introductory framework to the topic of female access to finance.
Funding women entrepreneurs
The Sustainable Development goals call for the world to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. This implies equity of opportunity in all areas of our society and economy. This report builds on the premise that putting our full weight behind female entrepreneurs makes fundamental sense. Bankers and investors increasingly see that it is not only ethically and socially the right thing to do, but also a clear-cut case of smart economics.
Support for female entrepreneurs
Women are less often entrepreneurs and those that strive to grow their business or decide to lead a company face high barriers. Globally we still have a way to go to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, as stipulated by the UN Sustainable Development goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights. The study shows that supporting female entrepreneurs helps to mitigate gender employment gaps and generates wider societal benefits.
EIF approach towards gender investments
Diversity and women's empowerment are increasingly important and closely followed EU Policy priorities. The venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) industries suffer from an underrepresentation of women as investors/partners/founders. Against this background, the EC and EIF have come up with gender-smart investment criteria suitable to the VC/PE context and applicable across the InvestEU equity instrument.
Competitiveness & Growth
The importance of creating and maintaining a healthy foundation upon which local, regional and global businesses can grow and prosper is paramount to the economic health and prosperity of Europe.
Our financing helps businesses to start, to thrive, and to survive.
Competitiveness & Growth
InvestEU ESCALAR model
The ESCALAR mechanism is specifically designed to support scale-up financing. ESCALAR proposes an asymmetric form of a share class or fund unit of the fund benefiting from certain additional protections that reduces both EIF’s investment risk and the EIF’s expected return, compared to other share classes or fund units while providing higher upside return for such other share classes.
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