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European Investment Bank (EIB)

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the financial investment arm of the European Union. It provides financing and advisory support to empower European space companies, including SMEs and startups, helping them to thrive in a competitive global landscape. The EIB collaborates with organizations like the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) to improve access to finance, encourage innovation, and stimulate the development of cutting-edge space technologies.

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The European Investment Bank provided a €50m ($57,000,000) investment in Starship Technologies.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Mar 1, 2022Starship Technologies raise $100m in latest funding

Starship Technologies agreed to a €50 million quasi-equity facility with the European Investment Bank.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.7Jan 31, 2022Starship Technologies receive €50m funding partnership from the European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank provided EUR 10 million in funding to the company.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 27, 2021EnduroSat signs launch agreement with ISAR Aerospace

The European Investment Bank financing for Spire Global was announced on 2020-12-03 at the Web Summit conference.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 3.0Dec 8, 2020Spire raises funding from European Investment Bank

Spire Global raised 20,000,000 EUR from the European Investment Bank.

FinancialGrowthValue 4.5Dec 8, 2020Spire raises funding from European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank provided 15,000,000 EUR earlier in the year to D-Orbit, an Italian startup developing a last-mile delivery service for smallsat rideshare payloads.

FinancialRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.8Dec 8, 2020Spire raises funding from European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank is providing D-Orbit with 15,000,000 EUR to scale up its business.

RelationshipsFinancialGrowthValue 4.5Oct 28, 2020D-Orbit Satellite Carrier delivers Planet SuperDoves to desired orbits

The SPI fund, managed by Bpifrance and the European Investment Bank, participated in Kinéis’s 100,000,000 EUR funding round.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Feb 4, 2020Kinéis raises 100 million euros to build and launch 25 IoT cubesats

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group provided a 100,000,000 EUR loan to ArianeGroup on 2020-01-21 to help finance Ariane 6 development.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Jan 23, 2020EU reserves four Ariane 6 rockets for Galileo navigation satellites

On 2020-01-21 at a space policy conference in Brussels, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group committed 200,000,000 EUR to support Europe’s space industry.

FinancialLegalValue 4.0Jan 22, 2020EU to invest 200 million euros into space industry

Avio received a 40-million-euro loan from the European Investment Bank in 2017 and the new financing has the same conditions as that 2017 loan.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 16, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Avio takes 10M euro loan • Iridium launches Certus  • NanoAvionics opens UK office

Avio is borrowing 10,000,000 EUR from the European Investment Bank to support new space propulsion technologies for Europe’s next-generation Vega C and Ariane 6 launchers.

FinancialCapabilityPlanGrowthValue 4.6Jan 16, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Avio takes 10M euro loan • Iridium launches Certus  • NanoAvionics opens UK office

The European Space Agency signed a deal with the European Investment Bank to help create a level playing field for European companies to grow and compete globally.

RelationshipsGrowthFinancialValue 3.5Jul 15, 2018Farnborough 2018: U.K. and Europe highlight economic benefits of space
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