EIB

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union. The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds; equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds. The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises. EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors. European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.

Roman Escolano

Vice-President of Transport

Past deals in Catalonia

Red Points

Debt Financing in 2021
Red Points Solutions, S.L. is a technology company based in Barcelona, Spain, specializing in protecting brands from online intellectual property infringements, including counterfeiting and digital piracy. Founded in 2011, the company offers a SaaS platform that provides comprehensive brand protection solutions. This includes monitoring digital channels such as e-commerce sites, social media, and specialized websites to safeguard trademarks, designs, and patented technologies. Additionally, Red Points has an anti-piracy solution that identifies and removes infringing media content from various platforms, including streaming websites and peer-to-peer networks. The company's services are utilized by over five hundred brands globally, enabling them to effectively combat illegal products and content online.

Worldsensing

Grant in 2020
Worldsensing is a market leader in Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The company has built on its expertise in low-power wireless sensing networks and has created comprehensive vertical solutions in sectors where IoT is making a measurable impact. The company focuses on two key markets: Mobility - a unique smart traffic management portfolio includes Bitcarrier, a real-time traffic flo management solution, and Fastprk, its market-leading smart parking system. Industrial Solutions - offers the LS-G6 platform to monitor key assets in remote or hard-to-access locations. Examples include bridges, tunnels, large public buildings and infrastructures, mines, power lines. Worldsensing raised its round of seed capital in 2010. A series A round was closed in 2013 with Fundación Jose Manuel Entrecanales (FJME) and IESE Business School's Finaves fund as investors. A series B round was completed in 2015, led by FJME, Kibo Ventures and Mitsui & Co. Cisco Ventures and Endeavor also participated in this round. Today, the company has offices in Barcelona and London and has a team of more than 40 professionals. Awards -Fastprk- has won two major awards: the Stockholm Smart City Living Labs Global Award 2011 and the IBM Smart Camp 2010 London Award. -Bitcarrier was IBM Smart Camp Winner (2011), and it has been recognised by Analyst Firm Gartner as "Cool Vendor 2013". -Ignasi Vilajosana, Worldsensing’s CEO, was named the first Spanish Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2014.

Minoryx

Debt Financing in 2020
Minoryx Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Mataro, Spain, founded in 2011. The company specializes in discovering and developing innovative treatments for life-threatening rare diseases, with a particular focus on pediatric neurometabolic conditions of genetic origin. Minoryx is known for its development of pharmacological chaperones, a new generation of small molecule drugs designed to restore protein functionality, thereby addressing unmet medical needs in genetic diseases that severely affect the central nervous system. Additionally, Minoryx engages in repositioning-based projects to explore alternative therapeutic options for these challenging conditions.

QEV Technologies

Debt Financing in 2019
QEV Tech is one of the Pioneers when it comes to electric mobility. The COO, Joan Orus, started his journey 20 years ago creating the solar car that raced over salt lakes in Australia. His racing spirit lead the team to many victories in different championships. Trough racing in WRC, TCR, WTCC and Formula E team also developing cutting edge technologies. This innovation and technology opened doors for the company to start development of technology and full vehicles for other automotive companies.