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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.

The Loxam Group (“Loxam”), France's market leader and the fourth-largest global player in equipment and tool leasing, announces a loan of €130 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) supported by the European Union's new InvestEU programme.

Aquila Clean Energy EMEA, the clean energy development platform in Europe of Aquila Capital, has closed a EUR 1 billion construction facility, supported by the InvestEU programme.

The Green Generation Fund (GGF) founded by Manon Littek and Janna Ensthaler has raised €100 million for investments in innovative food tech and green tech startups.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), backed by the new InvestEU programme, is lending €60 million to the municipal housing provider hanova.

The InvestEU Advsiory Hub in cooperation with DG REFORM organised its first webinar to present the EU advisory support provided to National Promotional Banks and Institutions (NPBIs) to better understand what is happening on the ground of the EU advisory support, ...