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EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS)
Defence Equity Facility

For investors. Receive equity financing to create your Fund and invest in defence technologies with dual-use potential

About

With the Defence Equity Facility, the European Investment Fund (EIF) will invest, as a Limited Partner, into private funds (venture capital or private equity funds) with investment strategies targeting European companies developing innovative defence technologies with dual-use potential.

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Rewards & Benefits

  • With EUR 175 million invested between 2024 and 2027, the Defence Equity Facility will stimulate the development of an ecosystem of private funds investing in defence innovation. The Facility should mobilise around EUR 500 million in support of European companies.
  • By taking cornerstone positions in the funds it supports, the EIF will act as key investor and help crowding-in additional investors.

How does it works?

  • The Defence Equity Facility is targeted at independently managed funds, including first-time management teams, established in the European Union or Norway.

  • Funds receiving an investment under the Facility should invest in SMEs (including start-ups) or small mid-caps established in the EU and Norway, developing innovative defence technologies with dual-use potential (i.e. having both civilian and defence applications).

Fund managers seeking support from the Facility should apply through the EIF website. Further information, including indicative term sheets and product descriptions are available under the call for expressions of interest for InvestEU on the EIF website.

 

ACCESS THE CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

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Frequently asked questions on Defence Equity Facility