InvestEU Matchmaking Event (19/03/2019)

Aiming to bring the public and private sectors together to discuss the topics of sustainable finance and innovation, the 2019 InvestEU Matchmaking event, powered by the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) and the Seal of Excellence (SoE), took place on 19 March 2019 in Brussels.

2019 year in review (12/12/2019)

As 2019 comes to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in this past year. The year in numbers: the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) currently features nearly 950 investment projects, almost double, compared to end-2018. The projects are from all EU Member States and various economic areas, with the knowledge and digital economy sector in the lead. The top countries where the projects come from are Germany and Spain, as well as Italy and France. The total investment proposed on the EIPP amounts to EUR 66 billion.

EIPP success stories (09/12/2019)

Five outstanding projects published on the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) have been selected to be promoted by the European Commission. The promotional videos will be released starting with January 2020. Who are those companies whose projects became successful thanks to the help of EIPP?

EIPP pitching @EBAN Annual Congress (03/06/2019)

On 3-4 June, more than 530 investors, entrepreneurs, VCs, corporates and innovators gathered in Helsinki to experience two days filled with networking, inspiring speeches, productive workshops and insightful panel discussions at the 20th edition of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) Annual Congress.

EIPP pitching and matchmaking @EBAN Summit (25/11/2019)

The EIPP collaborated with the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) in the organisation of the first edition of the European Angel Investment Summit, an event that emphasized the potential in collaboration for solving major challenges like tech transfer, climate change, gender inequality and scaling up of start-ups.

EIPP @events in 2019 (01/01/2019)

The EIPP had an ambitious and challenging agenda in 2019. Check out other events in which EIPP participated, such as the Global Forum, EIAH Roadshow, EU-GCC Dialogue on Economic Diversification, R&I Days, Web Summit, InnovX Open Day and SME Open Day.

EIPP becomes the InvestEU Portal from 2021 (09/12/2019)

As the future InvestEU programme will see the EIPP become the InvestEU Portal from 2021, in the year ahead several IT improvements will be implemented to adapt the current EIPP to the focus of InvestEU. What is changing?

What events to expect in 2020? (01/01/2020)

Several events will be organised during 2020 to increase the EIPP´s outreach to investors. Check out below a few of them and stay tuned to learn more!

More than 500 investment opportunities have been published on the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP). What else is new on the EIPP? (15/12/2018)

The European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) brings together investors and project promoters by providing an easily-accessible and user-friendly database, giving projects more visibility and enabling investors to find investment opportunities.

EIPP success stories (15/12/2018)

Three outstanding projects published on the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) have been selected to be promoted by the European Commission. Take a look at the examples of companies whose projects received financing after being published on the EIPP.

EIPP matchmaking events (17/12/2018)

The EIPP now complements the free service offered by the online platform with the organisation of regular matchmaking events, replicating the EIPP in real life by bringing together EU-based project promoters and investors around the same table. Several EIPP matchmaking events have been organised during 2018, to increase the EIPP´s outreach to investors, namely in Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Luxembourg – with more to come in 2019.

EIPP matchmaking @TEN-T Days (25/04/2018)

The Ten-T Days 2018, organised by the European Commission (DG MOVE), invited key stakeholders to Ljubljana to discuss how to contribute to smart, sustainable and safe mobility, relying on the trans-European transport network and investments in transport connectivity. On 25 April 2018, the EIPP organised matchmaking sessions in cooperation with DG MOVE at this great event for the transport sector. 50 bilateral matchmaking meetings were held throughout the two days of the event. Project promoters in the transport sector met with various investors to discuss and exchange.

EIPP matchmaking @EBAN Annual Congress (25/06/2018)

The EBAN Annual Congress is one of Europe’s largest and most international business angel events held annually by EBAN in cooperation with its key members. After 18 successful editions of the event, the last of which took place in 2017 in Malaga, this year’s edition of the event was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

EIPP matchmaking @EBAN Winter Summit (22/10/2018)

The EBAN Winter Summit is the leading European initiative which highlights the most impactful best practices, presents and debates the most relevant topics in the early stage investment sector and gathers a community highly committed to investing in European startups. The EIPP organised matchmaking meetings in partnership with the European Business Angels Network (EBAN). European startups and Business Angels met bilaterally to discuss investment and networking opportunities Over 200 participants and 300 bilateral matchmaking meetings were held over this two-day event.

EIPP matchmaking @SME Assembly 2018 (19/11/2018)

SMEs and investors from across Europe gathered in Graz to participate in another European Investment Project Portal matchmaking event on 20 November 2018. The EIPP matchmaking event was organised by the European Commission as part of the SME Assembly 2018, the most significant event for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, taking place once a year during the European SME Week.

Vice-President Katainen's welcome address to the EIPP Matchmaking event @SME Assembly 2018 (20/11/2018)

If you missed the EIPP matchmaking event @SME Assembly 2018, check out the video speech by European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen.

ePitching session following EIPP and Bpifrance/EuroQuity partnership (04/07/2018)

As a part of EIPP’s collaboration with Bpifrance and their portal EuroQuity, one e-pitching event took place on 4 July 2018. It was the first event resulting from the partnership between the two complementary European investment networks: the EIPP and EuroQuity. Participating companies were selected in collaboration by EuroQuity and EIPP teams. The event was a great opportunity from investors to discover from their office several high-potential profiles available on both platforms.

EIPP at the Web Summit in Lisbon (05/11/2018)

For the second time, the EIPP joined the #InvestEU team from the European Commission (EC) at this year's Web Summit. The Web Summit is one of the largest global technology conferences with over 70,000 people attending. Commissioners Vestager, Kind and Moedas were speakers at this year's edition. We received thousands of visitors at EC's #InvestEU stand, where we were able to offer information and answer questions about the many financing, support and networking opportunities offered by the EU to its citizens, including by the EIPP.

EIPP at EIAH Roadshow in Dublin (08/11/2018)

In 2018, the EIPP continued to take part in several roadshow events organised by its sister initiative under the Investment Plan for Europe, the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH). The roadshows help to make the European Union´s advisory and project financing services better known, and are a good occasion to meet project promoters, investors, business organisations, the press and other multipliers.

EuroQuity Pitching session, in partnership with Access4SMEs, EIPP and TAFTIE (22/11/2018)

The Innovative Enterprise Conference took place at the Austria Centre Vienna on the on the 21st and 22nd of November. EuroQuity in partnership with Access4SMEs, EIPP and TAFTIE organized a pitching session with 20 of the best companies awarded with the Seal of Excellence.

EIPP partners with Bpifrance/ EuroQuity (28/03/2018)

The European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) and EuroQuity, a service created by Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, establish a partnership to put growth companies in contact with development partners, particularly investors.

EIPP partners with European Business Angels Association (EBAN) (28/03/2018)

The EIPP is partnering with EBAN to raise the visibility of start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs, and connect them with business angels throughout Europe.

EIPP partners with Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) (28/03/2018)

The European Investment Project Portal and the Global Infrastructure Hub establish a partnership on exchange of projects and communication initiatives.

EIPP featured by partner Croatian Agency for Investments and Competitiveness (28/03/2018)

The Agency for Investments and Competitiveness has become a partner of the European Investment Project Portal, established by the European Commission in order to promote investment projects and investment possibilities in the European Union and to enable projects to reach potential investors worldwide. EIPP’s partners include international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Investment Bank and the Council of Europe Development Bank.

What's new on the EIPP? Find out: (28/03/2018)

EIPP Features

EIPP and GIH join forces at the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2018 (20/03/2018)

The EIPP and the GIH jointly participated in the Infrastructure Investor's Global Summit 2018, with over 1700 participants. The Global Projects Forum in particular, focused on global infrastructure pipelines offered an opportunity for governments and leading project developers to meet the global finance community and project partners. The Forum was an excellent occasion to show the opportunities offered by the EIPP to investors from across the world, and to showcase the cooperation established with the GIH, already bearing its fruits with several EIPP projects published on the GIH website.

EIPP at the EIAH Roadshow in Budapest (01/03/2018)

The EIPP took part in this EIAH Roadshow event in Budapest, Hungary - organised by the European Investment Advisory Hub and dedicated to advisory and financing opportunities available for Hungarian private and public project promoters under the Investment Plan for Europe. A review of the implementation status of European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in Hungary, in terms of lending and advisory support through the European Investment Advisory Hub was provided.

EIPP at the EIAH Roadshow in Zagreb (06/03/2018)

The EIPP was presented at this EIAH Roadshow event in Zagreb, Croatia - organised by the European Investment Advisory Hub and dedicated to advisory and financing opportunities available for Croatian private and public project promoters under the Investment Plan for Europe.

EIPP at the EIAH Roadshow in Bratislava (12/03/2018)

The EIPP was presented at this event organised by the European Investment Advisory Hub and dedicated to the Smart Cities initiative recently launched in Slovakia and to financing solutions available to this sector under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). A review of the implementation status of EFSI in Slovakia in terms of lending and advisory support through the European Investment Advisory Hub was provided.

EIPP Events (13/04/2018)

April - June 2018

The European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) (15/12/2017)

The European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) is the EU's online match-making portal, connecting EU project promoters with investors worldwide. The Portal is a multilingual online platform providing greater visibility and transparency about EU investment projects and opportunities. Launched in June 2016 by the European Commission, the EIPP is a key component of the Investment Plan for Europe, which aims to mobilise the financing of investment projects and create jobs across the EU. The EIPP currently offers over 200 investment opportunities in all Member States.

The European Investment Project Portal and SOURCE join forces to support investment projects (12/12/2017)

The European Investment Project Portal (EIPP), an online platform showcasing EU-based investment projects, and SOURCE, a web-based global service for the preparation of infrastructure projects, announced their cooperation – with the aim of benefiting to project promoters and developers alike.

EIPP on ICO website (12/12/2017)

ICO is a state-owned corporate entity attached to the Spanish Government's Ministry of Economy. Over the years, ICO has become a benchmark credit institution in financing both SME and large-scale projects. ICO’s purpose is to boost any economic activity which, on account of its social, innovative or ecological significance, merits priority attention.

EIPP article in the Slovenia Times (15/12/2017)

Since 2003, the Slovenia Times is the premier newspaper in the English language in Slovenia. It has also established itself as a leading organizer of the business events in Slovenia, with the International Conference on Foreign Direct Investment as one of the annual business event highlights. The Slovenia Times is an important generator of general public opinion and offers a critical, in-depth and vivid analysis of the social and economic climate of Slovenia.

EIPP Matchmaking Event 2017 (24/11/2017)

SMEs and investors from across Europe gathered in Tallinn to participate in the first European Investment Project Portal matchmaking event, in the framework of the SME Assembly 2017. The EIPP matchmaking event was organised by the European Commission, as part of the SME Assembly, the largest European event for SMEs, taking place every year under the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Web Summit 2017 (06/11/2017)

The Web Summit is the largest tech conference in the world, bringing together start-ups and high level speakers from the tech community. The EIPP had a strong presence at the Web Summit 2017, which took place in Lisbon from 6-9 November. As part of the common European Commission #InvestEU stand throughout the four day event, as well as in the form of a workshop organised for start-ups.

Benelux Infrastructure Forum 2017 (22/11/2017)

The conference has established itself as the industry-leading event for the Benelux region, presenting the latest opinions within the infrastructure market from key professionals in PPP, project financing and future market sectors such as renewable energy ventures.

EIAH Roadshow - Ljubljana (07/11/2017)

The EIPP was presented at the EIAH Roadshow event in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 7 November to raise awareness of its key role in providing greater visibility and transparency of EU investment projects to investors worldwide. The EIAH, on the other hand, supports the identification, preparation and development of investment projects across the European Union.

EIAH Roadshow - Sofia (13/11/2017)

The EIPP was presented at the EIAH Roadshow event in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 13 November - to raise awareness of its key role in providing greater visibility and transparency of EU investment projects to investors worldwide. The EIAH, on the other hand, supports the identification, preparation and development of investment projects across the European Union.

Vice-President Katainen's welcome address to the EIPP Matchmaking Event 2017 (13/12/2017)

If you missed the event, have a look the welcome video speech by European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth and Competitiveness - Jyrki Katainen.

EIPP Matchmaking Event 2017 - Testimonials (13/12/2017)

Want to get a feel of the event? Check out the testimonials we received form several of the project promoters of the start ups and small businesses who took part. Missed the EIPP Matchmaking Event 2017? Don't worry, there is still a chance to take part in the next one. All you have to do is register on the EIPP. It's free, fast and easy: visit ec.europa.eu/eipp. For any questions, get in touch at helpdesk-eipp@ec.europa.eu. See you next time!