EC and EIB Group launch “European Institutional Investors Pact” to boost investment in European tech scale-ups

1 minute read / September 23, 2026

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group launched today the European Institutional Investors Pact (EIIP) at the TechEU Equity Summit.

The Pact is a new voluntary framework designed to channel more long-term institutional capital into Europe’s technology and scale-up ecosystem. Thirteen institutional investors have already expressed their intention to channel investments into Europe’s innovation and scale-up ecosystem, including through the €15 billion European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI) 2.0 and the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund.

The EIIP has been developed jointly by the Commission and the EIB Group under the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy.

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