Investment

Impact investor DOEN Participaties has published a study on impact investing in the cultural and creative sectors highlighting the need for alternative financing models beyond subsidies and philanthropy.

Utfallsfonden has reached final close with commitments of SEK50m from Norwegian family-owned investment company Ferd and the European Investment Fund.

The digital lender recently became the first company to establish an EU-wide microfinance partnership with the European Investment Fund aimed at closing a €400bn funding gap for small and medium-sized businesses.

The funds will be used for investments in energy storage infrastructure in southwestern Spain, in line with EIB’s action plan to support the REPowerEU initiative to improve the EU’s energy security and to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports.

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The Nigerian firm provides distributed solar power systems to off-the-grid customers and to those battling with the country’s unreliable and increasingly costly grid supply.

A new national investment bank in the Netherlands may be able to raise over €100bn to fund major transitions in defence, energy and technology, a group of prominent Dutch business leaders say.

Small and medium-sized businesses who qualify for a loan will be able to take advantage of financing at lower interest rates, with reduced collateral requirements

InfraCredit has also attracted direct equity investment from two local pension funds, in addition to the UK programme, as part of its listing on Nigeria’s NASD market.

The strategy managed by the company’s New Agriculture division aims to consolidate natural vegetation, agriculture, and forestry together as operational assets.