European Investment Fund
VC Fund
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
European Investment Fund is a VC fund in Luxembourg focused on Financial Services and Software. EIF was founded in 1994 to support Europe's small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by enhancing their access to finance. EIF designs and develops venture capital and guarantees instruments which specifically target this market segment.Venture capital is behind many of Europe’s innovative SMEs but it requires a complex ecosystem to thrive.This is why some geographies have a dynamic venture capital scene and others have none. Many components make up a successful ecosystem: Venture capital investment f low attracts talented entrepreneurs which can give rise to serial entrepreneurs willing to re-invest their money, which creates demand for bigger funds able to growth-finance SMEs, an established exit ecosystem and the inflow of even more talent. The EIF has played a significant role in the growth of a venture capital market in Europe. By taking cornerstone investments in funds we catalyse further investments and ‘crowd in’ private investors thus nurturing the development of an ecosystem.Our engagement in the European equity (both venture capital and private equity) arena has evolved from around EUR 60m across 22 deals in the first year of EIF operations to around 146 transactions, reaching more than EUR 3.3bn in 2017.Today, due to such developments, the EIF has more than EUR 14bn of assets under management in its equity investments portfolio, just at a time when European venture capital is finally turning into a demanded and attractive asset class, generating exits and delivering healthy returns for investors. Above all, we see the venture capital industry strongly supporting innovative European entrepreneurs that are at the forefront of global disruption, primarily in technology (ICT) and life sciences, but also across various other sectors.
- Total investments:
- 57
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $234M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries European Investment Fund invests in
Stages European Investment Fund invests in
Countries European Investment Fund invests in
Contacts
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Alain Godard
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Diego Sánchez Arboleya, CFA
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Hristo Stoyanov
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Johannes Virkkunen
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Lauren Fradgley
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 15 (26%)
- Software 12 (21%)
- FinTech 11 (19%)
- Finance 7 (12%)
- Health Care 7 (12%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 14 (25%)
- Seed 12 (21%)
- Series A 6 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (11%)
- Series B 4 (7%)
Country
- Spain 6 (11%)
- Germany 6 (11%)
- France 5 (9%)
- United Kingdom 5 (9%)
- Italy 4 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Alain Godard
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Diego Sánchez Arboleya, CFA
Debt Funds Transaction Officer
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Debt Funds Transaction Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Hristo Stoyanov
Regional Mandate Manager
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Regional Mandate Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Johannes Virkkunen
Head Of Division - Front Office Business Support
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Head Of Division - Front Office Business Support | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Lauren Fradgley
Private Credit Investment Officer
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Private Credit Investment Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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InSoil
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HeavyFinance is a borderless crowdlending platform where farmers meet retail and institutional investors. We underwrite farmers, facilitate transactions, and service loans. | $136.7M / Debt Financing / Jun 30, 2026 | |
KE KELIT
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KE KELIT is a manufacturing company that provides sanitary connections, underfloor heating, pipes, and sports floor heating services. | Debt Financing / May 28, 2026 | |
Minimist
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The OS for effortless second-hand selling | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Mar 25, 2026 | |
TaxDown
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TaxDown has revolutionized tax advice by being lone of the pioneers in digital service that lets users file income tax returns easily. It claims to guarantee the taxpayers the desired results. As this company is the collaborator of the Tax Agency, taxpayers can present their income statements on their own platform. The digital and automaticsolution maximizes savings. | $4.6M / Debt Financing / Mar 05, 2026 | |
Morpheus Space
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Morpheus Space is an aerospace company that produces a modular and electric propulsion system for the small satellite industry. The company is disrupting the NewSpace industry by introducing Agile Constellations, a fusion between cutting-edge electric propulsion and Artificial Intelligence. The solution package enables satellite service providersto operate entire constellations as one entity. Thanks to the highly efficient propulsion systems, each satellite can perform countless orbital maneuvers, which allows for the first time the possibility of "objective first" mission planning with an automated trade-off. This provides a never before seen flexibility of satellite networks that is exploited by the A.I. to optimally morph the constellations to fulfill the user's objectives, which can range from revisit frequencies to observation of moving POIs. | $15M / Series A / Feb 05, 2026 | |
Velatir
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Velatir deliver AI-native security and compliance solutions that help enterprises safely adopt and scale intelligent agents. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Feb 04, 2026 | |
Hydrosat
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Hydrosat is a deep-tech company using thermal satellite data and AI to address society's most urgent challenges. We provide geospatial intelligence for food production, security, and natural resource management. | $60M / Series B / Jan 15, 2026 | |
SHINEPHI
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Shinephi's vision is to change the state-of-the-art in nano-characterization and nano-fabrication to improve yield and expedite production in semiconductor manufacturing. | $1.2M / Seed / Oct 10, 2025 | |
HealthTech Innovations
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HealthTech Innovations dedicated to transforming surgical and patient care through solutions based on the use of innovative technology. | $929.6K / Seed / Oct 10, 2025 | |
Genoa Instruments
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Genoa Instruments is an innovative startup dedicated to transforming the field of biomedical and health research through advanced super-resolution optical microscopy. Our groundbreaking optical microscope uniquely integrates spatial and temporal super-resolution for structural and functional imaging in living samples with unprecedented detail. Ourmission is to make high-resolution imaging accessible to all, fostering scientific discovery and advancing healthcare research. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 05, 2025 | |
| See all 57 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does European Investment Fund invest in?
European Investment Fund invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 57 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at European Investment Fund includes Alain Godard (Chief Executive Officer), Diego Sánchez Arboleya, CFA (Debt Funds Transaction Officer) and Hristo Stoyanov (Regional Mandate Manager), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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