site.btaJEREMIE Bulgaria Forum to Present New Opportunities

Caretaker Minister of Innovation and Growth Irena Mladenova will open the JEREMIE Bulgaria: New Opportunities forum, the Ministry of Innovation and Growth said here Tuesday.

Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov, European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Marek Mora and European Investment Fund (EIF) Chief Executive Marjut Falkstedt are also expected to attend, with new targeted support for Bulgarian start-ups and innovative SMEs set to be introduced.

The event is being organized by the EIF, part of the EIB Group, and the Ministry of Innovation and Growth, and will mark a new phase of the JEREMIE initiative in Bulgaria.

The forum will showcase the initiative’s key results to date, success stories from Bulgarian companies and JEREMIE’s new investment strategy.

The JEREMIE initiative is a European Commission programme developed jointly with the EIF that enables Member States to use structural funds to finance small businesses through loans, guarantees and equity. It operates through a revolving holding fund, with repaid resources reinvested in new financial instruments.

Government and EIF representatives agreed at the end of 2025 to extend the JEREMIE initiative until 2035. Under the deal, EUR 160 million will be reinvested and channelled into the Bulgarian economy from this year to support deep-tech, technology transfer and artificial intelligence projects. In mid-February, Parliament approved at first and second reading in a single sitting the bill ratifying the agreements amending and supplementing the framework and financial agreements between the Bulgarian government and the European Investment Fund on the initiative’s implementation.