Are you an innovative SME looking for advice on how to prepare a business plan for your next investment round? Are you a research institute searching for best practice in the field of innovation? Or perhaps you are a financial intermediary looking for support in developing an InvestEU financing scheme targeting SMEs and midcaps?
The EIB provides advisory support to help SMEs and midcaps grow, thrive and digitalise their businesses, ultimately improving their access to finance to become more competitive. We also work with financial intermediaries, local authorities and organisations to stimulate investment in SMEs and midcaps through targeted capacity building services. We partner with research and technology organisations, universities and higher education centres to facilitate and accelerate access to finance for research, innovation and digitisation projects.
Our services
- Upstream strategic advice to public authorities and intermediaries establishing national or local digitalisation initiatives
- Technical and financial advisory to identify and screen projects and review investment plans
- Technical and financial advisory in the preparation of business plans, financing structures and viable financial models
- Market analysis and development activities to develop innovation strategies, inform policy recommendations and design market responsive solutions
- Market analysis and development activities to support the development of project pipelines and the uptake of InvestEU financial products
- Capacity building services including support for intermediaries participating in InvestEU financial products
Sectors covered
- Digital and innovative emerging technologies, including cybersecurity, 5G, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and blockchain, quantum technologies, smart transport and smart cities
- Energy and resource efficiency
- Climate, environment, biodiversity, natural resources, and clean-technologies
- Sustainable food and agriculture, sustainable industry, circular and bioeconomy
- Blue economy
- Space infrastructure and technologies
- Sustainable industry and industry 4.0
- Health and life sciences
- Cultural and creative industries
Who benefits
Private and public entities, research and technology organisations, universities, higher education and research centres, innovation and digitisation agencies, accelerators, incubators, hubs, clusters.
Financial and non-financial intermediaries as well as national and regional authorities and organisations.
Request support
The InvestEU Advisory Hub support is available via a central entry point on the European Commission’s website.
While addressing your advisory request, you can indicate the EIB as the provider of services for your project.
More information on the EIB advisory services under InvestEU
To find out more about the services offered by the EIB under the InvestEU Advisory Hub send an email to eib-advisory@eib.org.