The Institut Català de Finances has invested during 2017 a total of 2.5 million euros in 16 Catalan start-ups through the co-investment facility established in 2012 through IFEM. With this co-financing facility, the ICF promotes and fosters the development of start-ups in Catalonia, while it facilitates the access to financing of these companies, diversifies their sources of resources catchment and acts as a tractor of more investment.
With this public-private co-financing facility, the ICF invests in start-ups through participatory loans of up to 200.000 euros that complement the investment of the private investors, business angels, venture builders, accelerators and venture capital funds. As a novelty, this 2017, and for some operations, besides the participatory loans, a part of this investment has been carried out in capital.
The last investments that the ICF carried out have been in Colvin Co, Skitude, Ivoox, Apartum and Exoticca.
With these new investments, since 2012 the ICF has already invested 12.3 million euros in 81 newly created Catalan companies through this co-financing facility.
18 new private investors
Also during the last exercise, the ICF has selected and validated new private investors to co-invest trough IFEM after they had answered a call for manifestation of interest (public competition) published at the beginning of 2017.
Among the accredited private investors, there are 8 networks of business angels, 2 venture builders, 1 accelerator and 7 venture capitals funds. The 18 accredited private investors are:
Co-investment in the area of corporative entrepreneurship
The ICF also co-invest trough the Corporate Entrepreneurship Programme, promoted jointly with ACCIÓ, in order to promote projects of entrepreneurship between start-ups and big companies. During 2017, the public financial entity has co-invested with significance corporate partners in the start-ups 500 Markets, Brokoli and Talent Clue, among others.
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