This working paper provides a comprehensive overview of Europe's cleantech innovation landscape, highlighting both the sector's substantial maturity and the key challenges holding back the scale-up of clean technologies. It distils insights from four interlinked research studies - mapping the...

This working paper assesses the economic impact of EIF-supported equity investments in the Lower Mid-Market (LMM) segment across Europe between 2007 and 2023. Using advanced causal inference techniques, the study compares over 1,700 investee firms with a matched control group to isolate the...

This paper assesses the impact of the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF) on SMEs in Belgium, France, and Italy between 2015 and 2023. Using advanced econometric methods, we compare SMEs that received a guarantee with a control group of similar companies and find that beneficiaries experienced...

This working paper evaluates the impact of the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF) on SMEs in Greece, Poland, Spain, and Romania between 2015 and 2023. Using advanced econometric methods, we compare SMEs that received a guarantee with a control group of similar companies. We find that SMEs...

In response to exceptional market conditions, the EIF has launched a new format within its long-running Equity Surveys series: our VC/PE Barometer Survey will now track the market sentiment on quarterly basis. By gauging fund managers' perspectives across key indicators - including fundraising,...

European companies and investors are faced with exceptional market conditions, characterised by unprecedented uncertainty and heightened volatility. The regular EIF Equity Survey aims at helping to navigate through that, providing support to venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) market...

This working paper provides an updated overview of the key markets the EIF focuses on, highlighting the challenges and opportunities in SME financing during these uncertain times. It reviews the overall market environment, explores developments in SME equity, guarantees, securitisation, and...