European Investment Bank creates 500-million-euro Space Tech debt facility; Intesa Sanpaolo, Natixis, Deutsche Bank are in

by Peter B. de Selding

BREMEN, Germany —The European Investment Bank (EIB) is starting a debt facility designed to encourage loans to space technology companies, both startups and more-mature enterprises, and expects the 500-million euro ($579 million) Space Tech EU will mobilize 1.4 billion euros in investments.

Space Tech EU is intended to harness the expertise of EIB, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) to de-risk space projects, making them more palatable to European banks.

Announcing the Space Tech EU facility . . .

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