- What we do
- Pan-European Guarantee Fund – EGF
- Institutional investors
- Equity products
- AI Co-Investment Facility
- Cleantech Co-Investment Facility
- Impact investing at the EIF
- Climate & Infrastructure Funds
- Technology Transfer
- European Angels Fund (EAF) - Co-investments with Business Angels
- Venture capital
- Lower mid-market
- Mezzanine Facility for Growth
- VentureEU
- EFSI Equity instrument
- Single EU Equity Financial Instrument
- Private equity secondary market transactions
- EIF-NPI Equity Platform
- ESCALAR Programme
- Debt products
- New ESIF ERDF Guarantee Fund initiative in Greece
- EFSI Private Credit Programme
- AGRI Guarantee Facility
- AGRI Italy Platform Uncapped Guarantee Instrument
- Credit enhancement
- Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility (CCS GF)
- ENSI - Securitisation Initiative
- Erasmus+ Master Loan Guarantee Facility
- Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot
- EREM debt products
- Single EU Debt Financial Instrument
- Documentary Finance Facility – Bulgaria
- The SME Initiative
- Inclusive finance
- European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
- Regional Development - Country and sector-specific initiatives
- RRF Spain - Alternative Lending for Sustainable Development
- EquiFund II
- Normandie Garantie Agri
- FAIRE - La Réunion
- Auvergne Rhône-Alpes FEADER
- Recovery Equity Fund of Funds of Bulgaria
- Fons d’Inversió en Tecnologia Avançada (FITA) Catalonia
- Dutch Future Fund (DFF)
- Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument (DACI)
- PORTUGAL BLUE: a new initiative for blue economy investments
- JEREMIE Greece Reflows – Business Angels’ Co-Investment Equity Instrument
- German Corona Matching Facility (CMF)
- Portugal Growth programme
- Central and Eastern European Technology Transfer (CEETT)
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP) II
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP)
- Croatian Venture Capital Initiative 2 (CVCi 2)
- AGRI Italy Platform Uncapped Guarantee Instrument
- DISPOSITIF INSTRUMENTS FINANCIERS BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTÉ
- ALTER’NA – ESIF EARFD Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Baltic Innovation Fund 1 (BIF 1)
- Baltic Innovation Fund 2 (BIF 2)
- Central Europe Fund of Funds (CEFoF)
- Croatian Venture Capital Initiative (CVCi FoF)
- Competitiveness Fund-of-Funds for SMEs in Romania
- The Cyprus Entrepreneurship Fund (CYPEF)
- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Initiative East Guarantee Facility (DCFTA)
- EU4Business Capped Guarantee
- Dutch Growth Co-Investment Programme
- Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI-II)
- ESIF Fund-of-Funds Greece
- EAFRD FoF Portugal
- EAFRD FoF Romania
- The ERP-EIF Facility
- ERP-EIF Co-Investment Growth Facility
- The LfA-EIF Facilities
- The German Future Fund (GFF) - EIF Growth Facility
- INAF – French National Agricultural Initiative
- ESIF Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Malta
- Regional Fund-of-Funds Romania
- ESIF Fund-of-Funds Czechia
- The Silesia EIF Fund of Funds
- La Financière Région Réunion
- The EIB Group Risk Enhancement Mandate (EREM)
- EstFund
- Call for Expression of Interest for FOSTER II
- Greater Anatolia Guarantee Facility (GAGF)
- G43 - Anatolian Venture Capital Fund Project
- InvestBG Equity Instrument
- JEREMIE
- Romania Recovery Equity Fund of Funds
- JEREMIE Romania Reflows – Equity Instrument
- Luxembourg Future Fund 1 (LFF)
- Luxembourg Future Fund 2
- Mezzanine 'Fund of Fund' for Germany (MDD)
- NEOTEC resources
- Polish Growth Fund of Funds (PGFF)
- Portugal Venture Capital Initiative (PVCi)
- Scottish-European Growth Co-Investment Programme
- Slovene Equity Growth Investment Programme (SEGIP)
- Swedish Venture Initiative (SVI)
- Turkish Growth and Innovation Fund (TGIF)
- Western Balkans Enterprise Development & Innovation Facility (WB EDIF)
- EAFRD FoF Greece
- Irish Innovation Seed Fund (IISF)
- RRF Czechia Fund of Funds
The SME Initiative Bulgaria
- Date: 17 May 2016 - 30 November 2016
The SME Initiative - launched in Bulgaria in 2016 - is co-financed by the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria trough Operational Programme “SME Initiative”, the European Commission and the EIB Group (i.e. the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund), with the EIF managing the scheme on behalf of the different contributors.
The SME Initiative is a public-private partnership acting as catalyst for private investments and supporting economic growth and job creation.
To this end, it entails an innovative change in the use of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), combining the latter with EU central budget (resources from the Horizon 2020 programme) and EIB Group funds. Through a risk-sharing mechanism, the EUR 102 million of ESIF resources made available by the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, leveraged with commercial lending, are expected to generate more than EUR 600 million of new SME loans at favourable terms.
How to benefit from the SME Initiative Bulgaria
For financial institutions:If you are eligible to become an EIF financial intermediary, you can download all the application documents here below and apply by 30.11.2016 responding in full to the Call for Expression of Interest. The application documents include important information about the SME Initiative financial instruments, the eligibility and exclusion criteria for financial intermediaries and about the selection process. Applications will be processed on a “first come and first assessed" basis.
Call for Expression of Interest (.pdf)
Annex I – Expression of Interest (.doc)
information required in Annex I to be provided as per the following format: Information requirements.xls
For SMEs
EIF does not finance SMEs directly, but only via financial intermediaries. If you are looking for finance and would like to see which financial intermediaries currently cooperate with us in Bulgaria, please visit www.eif.org/what_we_do/where/bg/index.htm
For information about funding available under other EU initiatives, please visit http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/funding-grants/access-to-finance/
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- Technology Transfer
- Venture Capital
- Co-investments with Business Angels (EAF)
- EFSI Equity
- Pan-European VC Fund(s)-of-Funds programme
- InnovFin Equity
- COSME - Equity Facility for Growth (EFG)
- Lower Mid-Market
- Mezzanine
- EIF-NPI Equity Platform
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Investments
- Social Impact Accelerator (SIA)
- Private Equity Secondary Market Transactions
- Institutional investors
- EU4Business Capped Guarantee
- FAIRE - La Réunion
- Normandie Garantie Agri
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP) II
- Bulgaria Recovery Equity Fund of Funds
- Auvergne Rhône-Alpes FEADER
- Luxembourg Future Fund 2
- RRF Czech Republic Fund of Funds
- Prêt Participatif Grand Est
- German Corona Matching Facility
- Portugal Growth programme
- WB EDIF Guarantee Facility – Youth Employment (WB EDIF GF Youth)
- InvestBG Equity Instrument
- Croatian Growth Investment Programme (CROGIP)
- AGRI Italy Platform
- Dispositif Instrument Financier Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- ALTER'NA - ESIF EARFD Nouvelle Aquitaine
- Baltic Innovation Fund (BIF)
- Baltic Innovation Fund 2 (BIF 2)
- Central Europe Fund of Funds (CEFoF)
- Cyprus Entrepreneurship Fund (CYPEF)
- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Initiative East mandate
- Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI-II)
- EAFRD FoF Greece
- EAFRD FoF Romania
- Estfund
- FOSTER
- ERP-EIF Co-Investment Growth FacilityLFAMDD
- Greek ESIF FoF – EquiFund
- INAF - The French National Agricultural Initiative
- IPA/G43GAGF
- La Financière Région Réunion
- Luxembourg Future Fund (LFF)
- Swedish Venture Initiative (SVI)
- Turkish Growth and Innovation Fund (TGIF)
- Polish Growth Fund of Funds (PGFF)
- Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme
- Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF)
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