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Bratislava, February 22, 2021 – Slovak technology firm, SEC Technologies, has obtained investment of up to €3 million after it succeeded in convincing managers of the Venture to Future Fund (member of the Slovak Investment Holding) and investors from the Crowdberry platform, thus completing the first round of the so-called Series A funding. SEC Technologies continues in the long tradition of designing cutting-edge technologies in the Liptov region, which may look forward to new jobs as the result of the new investment.

Bratislava, February 3, 2021 – The Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) announced its investment in a limited liability company, PeWaS s.r.o., as part of the SIH Anti-Corona Capital programme, which has brought development capital closer to innovation-oriented companies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining partners to his project are the Slovak Alliance for Innovative Economy (SAPIE) and the Ministry of Finance.

Bratislava, December 29, 2020 - The Slovak Investment Holding, as the manager of the National Development Fund II., hereby announces the launch of the procurement procedure for the “Selection of Fund Managers for the Implementation of the Equity Instrument for the support of Social Economy Activities”.

Bratislava, December 18, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many sectors of Slovak as well as global economy, with start-up innovation-oriented companies being particularly vulnerable to its devastating effects. In September 2020, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) in cooperation with the Slovak Alliance for Innovative Economy (SAPIE) and the Ministry of Finance (MF SR) released a call to support innovation-oriented companies; based on this call, the SIH has approved convertible loans for a dozen of these companies this week. The names of the companies will be published after individual loan agreements are signed; the amount of provided loans hovers between €200,000 and €645,000.

Bratislava, December 15, 2020 – Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) provided financing for KOOR, s.r.o. for the development of the energy services market. Priority shall be given to financial assistance for the renovation of public buildings.

Bratislava, December 1, 2020 – Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) is once again one of the national finalists for Central European Startup Awards (CESAwards) in the category Investor of the Year 2020.

Luxembourg,  September 23, 2020 - Today, the EIB and Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) signed an agreement, funded by the European Investment Advisory Hub as part of the EIB’s Call for Proposals “Delivery of local investment advisory services by National Promotional Banks (NPBs)”. 

Bratislava, September 11, 2020 – One of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been slowing down the inflow of investments into Slovak innovation-oriented companies in the growth phase, which may lead to their undercapitalization. Therefore, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) and the Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy (SAPIE) with support from the Ministry of Finance (MF SR) have prepared a new financial instrument that should allow the SIH to support innovation-focused businesses during the current period of difficulty. 

Bratislava, September 11, 2020 – The Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) is hereby releasing a call for small and medium-sized enterprises to take part in the convertible loans programme called SIH Anti-Corona Capital whose principal purpose shall be to provide convertible loans to innovation-oriented companies.

Bratislava, August 13, 2020 – One of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been slowing down the inflow of investments into Slovak innovation-oriented companies in the initial growth phase, which may lead to their undercapitalization. Therefore, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) and the Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy (SAPIE) with support from the Ministry of Finance (MF SR) have begun to cooperate on the preparation of a new investment financial instrument that would allow the SIH to support innovation-focused businesses during the current period of difficulty.

Bratislava, July 17, 2020 - Over the past week, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) reached an agreement with five more commercial banks, which will from now on be able to use the SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee 2 to help their clients in the form of providing state-guaranteed, favourable-terms loans to overcome their problems related to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Joining the guarantee scheme is ČSOB, BKS Bank, OTP Banka, SZRB and UniCredit Bank.

Bratislava, July 10, 2020 - What does the SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee 2 brings to entrepreneurs and how many of them have already benefited from it?

Ivan Lesay, General Director of Slovak Investment Holding was interviewed by Libuša Removčíková, Podnikajte.sk portal

Bratislava, June 29, 2020 – Today, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH), Tatra banka (TB) and Slovenská sporiteľňa (SLSP) signed an agreement on SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee 2 designed to support Slovak enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus adding two more major commercial banks to the list of financial institutions participating in the new guarantee scheme; both banks responded within a week of publishing the call.

Bratislava, June 26, 2020 – Today, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) and Všeobecná úverová banka (VÚB) signed an agreement on SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee 2 designed to support Slovak enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following up on the success of its Anti-Corona Guarantee 1, the new programme will be administered in compliance with the approved Temporary Framework of State Aid to overcome the current period of medical and safety measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

Bratislava, June 22, 2020 - The Slovak Investment Holding, JSC (SIH), has designed a new programme of financial assistance for Slovak businesses aimed at mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following up on the success of its Anti-Corona Guarantee 1, the SIH is about to launch a new programme that will be administered in compliance with the approved Temporary Framework of State Aid to overcome the current period of medical and safety measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

Bratislava, June 3, 2020 – 41 firms and over 1,500 jobs: such are the salvage statistics of Slovenská sporiteľňa in cooperation with the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) thanks to Anti-Corona Guarantee. And since the demand for this kind of financing on the part of Slovak private businesses is several times higher than expected (currently there are some 1,100 firms interested), Slovenská sporiteľňa and the SIH reached an agreement on the second tranche in the total volume of almost €9.2 million, thereby matching the first tranche.

Bratislava, May 29, 2020 - Following up on the success of its financial instrument called SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee 1, which currently involves eight commercial banks, the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) is launching another financial assistance scheme for Slovak enterprises that shall be governed in compliance with recently approved Temporary Framework of State Assistance designed to overcome the current period of health and safety measures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. The new programme consists of guarantees issued to Slovak banks in order to allow them to extend favourable-terms bridge loans to Slovak entrepreneurs.

Bratislava, May 29, 2020 – Slovak e-commerce platform GymBeam develops, sells and distributes fitness nutritional supplements, functional foodstuffs and active lifestyle equipment in 13 Central and Eastern European countries. Posting record sales and showing an exceptional growth potential largely on account of its elaborate e-commerce platform, the firm has caught the eye of private investors from Crowdberry and the Slovak Investment Holding (SIH). In a recent investment campaign, GymBeam acquired growth capital in the total volume of 6 million euro, landing the largest e-commerce investment in Slovakia. 

Bratislava, May 15, 2020 – The Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) and Tatra banka, JSC, have signed an agreement on SIH Anti-Corona Guarantee. Tatra banka thus extended the portfolio of banks that joined the financial instrument in effort to respond to a complicated business situation caused by the on-going pandemic.

Bratislava, May 13, 2020 - In an interview for the Denník N daily, Slovak Investment Holding General Director Ivan Lesay explains the details of a grand guarantee programme, describing its modus operandi and pointing out differences from older guarantee schemes designed to help in the time of corona crisis.