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Ralf Emme\u00adrich \u2014 <\/strong> Invest\u00adment Mana\u00adger Euro\u00adpean Invest\u00adment Fund (EIF), Luxembourg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Espe\u00adci\u00adally in times of a conti\u00adnuously tense econo\u00admic climate, EU member states rely on insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons such as the Euro\u00adpean Invest\u00adment Fund (EIF) to address the chal\u00adlenges of growth and inno\u00adva\u00adtion within the Euro\u00adpean Union. In parti\u00adcu\u00adlar, support for micro, small and medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses (SMEs) and the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a well-func\u00adtio\u00adning venture capi\u00adtal and growth capi\u00adtal market with suffi\u00adci\u00adent funding is of parti\u00adcu\u00adlar importance for crea\u00adting growth and jobs in Europe. In this context, the EIF is beco\u00adming incre\u00adasingly important.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EIF plays an incre\u00adasingly important role in the design and imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of equity and debt instru\u00adments that speci\u00adfi\u00adcally address this market segment. Since 1994, the EIF has supported more than one million SMEs with a commit\u00adment of EUR 11.7 billion and mobi\u00adli\u00adzed some EUR 70 billion in addi\u00adtio\u00adnal funding. Espe\u00adci\u00adally in a longer-term tight market envi\u00adron\u00adment, the EIF acts coun\u00adter\u00adcy\u00adcli\u00adcally to stimu\u00adlate the market.<\/p>\n

The Euro\u00adpean Invest\u00adment Fund is thus the leading Euro\u00adpean fund of funds in the areas of venture and growth capi\u00adtal. Through our fund invest\u00adments, we act cata\u00adly\u00adti\u00adcally by mobi\u00adli\u00adzing private capi\u00adtal and thus achie\u00adving a leverage effect. It is our goal to contri\u00adbute to the crea\u00adtion of a sustain\u00adably stable equity market that stimu\u00adla\u00adtes and supports entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adship and inno\u00adva\u00adtion. To this end, we work closely with other private and public investors.<\/p>\n

Exten\u00adsive acti\u00advi\u00adties in the VC area<\/strong><\/p>\n

EIF takes a market-orien\u00adted approach and supports SMEs in their various growth phases through its invest\u00adments in venture capi\u00adtal (VC) and private equity (PE) funds. Thus, we cover the areas of tech\u00adno\u00adlogy trans\u00adfer (from rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons), co-invest\u00adments with busi\u00adness angels (BA), seed\/early stage, and growth capi\u00adtal (see Fig. 1). Howe\u00adver, the EIF is not active in buy-outs and invest\u00adments in listed companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2452,2602,2625],"product_tag":[2085,2167,2206,2208,2215,2225,2234,2241,2246],"class_list":{"0":"post-44294","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ebook-en","7":"product_cat-fyb-2014-en","8":"product_cat-ralf-emmerich-en","9":"product_tag-fund-of-funds","10":"product_tag-business-angels-en","11":"product_tag-emmerich-en","12":"product_tag-ralf-en","13":"product_tag-european-investment-fund-en","14":"product_tag-smes","15":"product_tag-eif-en","16":"product_tag-equity-and-debt-instrument","17":"product_tag-equity-market","18":"pa_sprache-english-3","19":"pa_sprache-german","21":"first","22":"outofstock","23":"taxable","24":"shipping-taxable","25":"purchasable","26":"product-type-variable"},"yoast_head":"\nEquity Investments for Entrepreneurs in Difficult Times - The Approach of the European Investment Fund - FYB Financial Yearbook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/produkt\/equity-investments-for-entrepreneurs-in-troubled-times-the-european-investment-fund-approach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Equity Investments for Entrepreneurs in Difficult Times - The Approach of the European Investment Fund - FYB Financial Yearbook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Especially in times of a continuously tense economic climate, EU member states rely on institutions such as the European Investment Fund (EIF) to address the challenges of growth and innovation within the European Union. 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