At the BlueInvest Days 2022 in the European Commission and European Investment Fund (EIF) announced a new dedicated equity initiative for the blue economy. The initiative will mobilise an additional €500 million of EU funds for financial intermediaries investing in this sector. This will result in €1,5 billion of risk-financing available to innovative and sustainable blue economy SMEs and start-ups, via financial intermediaries. In addition, the BlueInvest initiative will continue beyond 2022 until 2026.

As part of the previous BlueInvest programme, EBI co-organised a dedicated workshop on green nautical technologies in January 2022. The full recording, covering the keynote, panel discussion and pitch session can be found on YouTube. EBI will inform members about the support available to companies in the recreational boating industry. More on the BlueInvest programme can be found here.