The European Investment Fund has signed a guarantee agreement with Triodos Bank that will allow up to €200 million in loans to entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural sectors. Since the financial institution operates in Belgium, this could benefit out local game studios as well. Triodos Bank is an ethical bank based in the Netherlands Continue reading →
During last week’s Media Fast Forward event, investor PMV and Flemish broadcaster VRT announced the new joint venture Media Invest Vlaanderen (link in Dutch). They mainly offer financial support for emerging media companies that want to invest in media content (of which video games are a part) or media technology. For Flemish and Brussels game studios Continue reading →
As part of the EU’s Creative Europe programme, the European Investment Fund has signed agreements with Belgian finance providers PMV and ST’ART. The goal of the agreement is to target Belgian SME’s in currently underserved, perceived to be high-risk sub-sectors, like game development, with EUR 25 million of loans over three years. Both service providers were Continue reading →