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The European Commission and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) have signed an InvestEU guarantee agreement worth up to €159 million. This makes the CEB an InvestEU implementing partner and will mobilise around €500 million in additional loans for social projects.

The 40 million euros loan is intended for the development of treatments based on MedinCell's proprietary long-acting injectable technology aiming at significantly enhance patient care and quality of life.

Eurazeo announces the first close of its transition infrastructure fund to support the transition to a low carbon economy with a commitment from the European Investment Fund backed by InvestEU.

At the COP27 climate conference, the European Investment Fund (EIF), Europe's largest venture capital and private equity financier, signed investments totalling €247 million to enable five equity funds to back €2.5 billion of climate action investment...

The contribution of MAIF and the EIF has enabled the F2E fund to reach €85 million in commitments. F2E, a private debt fund with a target size of EUR 250 million, aims to finance industrial players in the energy transition.

Mano Bankas, a Lithuanian-owned specialised bank, has become the first financial institution in Lithuania to sign a portfolio guarantee agreement under the new InvestEU programme to guarantee more than €40 million in new loans for businesses.

The European Commission and the EIB Group launched the InvestEU programme in Italy and signed its first four Italian operations. The InvestEU programme aims to unlock over €372 billion of investment in the European Union.

Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni signed a guarantee agreement with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Equity on an event in Rome, making this the first such agreement signed under InvestEU with a national promotional bank to support investments, with more agreements to follow.

Access to microfinance by entrepreneurs and farmers across Romania will be enhanced by new cooperation between the European Investment Fund and BT Mic, Romania's largest microfinance institution formally announced in Bucharest today.