The EIB is the majority shareholder of the European Investment Fund (EIF) , which provides funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through venture capital and risk finance instruments.
Other shareholders are the European Commission and financial institutions from across Europe.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states.
It is the largest multilateral financial institution in the world.
In a nutshell, the EIB is the EU's investment bank, owned by the Member States of the European Union: lending to projects in the EU and beyond; blending its loans with other EU funds to increase the impact on projects; advising on project selection and project design.