EIB €20m venture debt to ECAPS
Rocket engines and propulsion for space, including dual-use technologies; test facilities and prototypes
Key terms
- Borrower or issuer
- ECAPS
- Date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Type
- Government finance
- Amount
- €20m (US$23m)
Recorded terms
- Structure
- Venture debt under TechEU, backed by an InvestEU guarantee
- Lenders and arrangers
- European Investment Bank
- Country
- Sweden
Parties
- ECAPS borrower or issuer
- Public lenders and funders: European Investment Bank
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Sources
- Swedish pioneer ECAPS gets EIB financing for space and defence technologies eib.org · 10 Dec 2025
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