Export and Investment Fund
Government fundCopenhagen · Pre-Seed–Growth · 13 people tracked
Investment thesis
EIFO serves as Denmark's state business bank and investment fund, supporting Danish companies through equity investments, loans, and export guarantees. Its strategic agendas focus on Danish security and defense, green transition, growth and entrepreneurship, and global business. EIFO backs early-stage startups, growth-stage scaleups, and larger infrastructure and export projects, while also investing in funds such as the pan-European Scaleup Europe Fund. It emphasizes strengthening Danish prosperity and keeping promising companies rooted in Denmark and Europe, and increasingly supports SMEs supplying the defense sector and expanding into emerging markets in the Global South.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 13 people
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- What stage does Export and Investment Fund invest at?
- Export and Investment Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Export and Investment Fund's typical check size?
- Export and Investment Fund typically writes checks of $108K – $7.6M.
- What sectors does Export and Investment Fund focus on?
- Export and Investment Fund focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Defense Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, New Materials, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
- Where is Export and Investment Fund located?
- Export and Investment Fund is headquartered in Copenhagen, DK.
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