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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9477
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EIB shareholder of first privately-managed seed fund in Tunisia, Phenicia Seed Fund

Luxembourg, 26/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) officially signed, on 13 July, the first privately-managed seed fund in Tunisia. Called the Phenicia Seed Fund, the fund will go to innovative Tunisian companies that are starting up or that are less then five years old. It will support projects put forward by private persons or businesses, academic departments, enterprise zones or technology centres.

Initiated and promoted by the European Investment Bank in the...

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