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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €90 million to Rohlik, a leading Czech e-grocery business, to enhance its digital infrastructure and automation, and accelerate expansion in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Romania.

More climate-friendly production of foods, clean fuels, and chemicals in Europe is set to advance thanks to the EU-Catalyst partnership, which includes the European Investment Bank, the European Commission, and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst.

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has signed today two loan agreements aimed at supporting micro-businesses in Bulgaria and Serbia. The agreements were signed with SIS Credit in Bulgaria for a total of €3 million, and with 3Bank in Serbia for an amount of €6 million.

Through InvestEU, the EIF has provided a subordinated loan to Instant Factoring, marking the first time a Romanian fintech and factoring company receives such funding, to strengthen its capital base and increase lending to underbanked businesses in Romania.

The European Commission, EIB, and EIF have established a €300 million export credit guarantee facility under InvestEU to support European SMEs exporting to Ukraine.

The European Commission and Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) sign an InvestEU guarantee agreement worth up to €210 million, aiming to mobilise over €3 billion in investments.

The EIF, backed by the InvestEU programme, has invested €30 million as a cornerstone investor in the Ture Credit Fund III, which focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises in the Nordic region.

The EIF guarantees will facilitate up to €44 million in targeted financing for small and medium-sized enterprises and small mid-caps in Malta. It is the second EIF operation in Malta backed by InvestEU, the European Union programme that aims to mobilise investments for €372 billion by 2027.

The European Commission and Invest-NL, the National Financing and Development Institution in the Netherlands, have signed an InvestEU guarantee agreement.