France-based funding agency Eurazeo introduced as we speak that it has raised €175 million (USD$208 million) on the first shut of Eurazeo Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure II (ESMI II), it’s new fund aimed toward supporting the decarbonization and vitality transition of the maritime sector in Europe.
In response to Eurazeo, the fundraise considerably surpassed its €125 million first shut goal. The agency has set a €400 million remaining goal dimension for the brand new fund.
Launched in December 2025, and categorized as Article 9 below the EU’s SFDR regulation, ESMI II offers senior secured asset-based financing options for small and mid-sized shipowners and maritime stakeholders to assist meet environmental and regulatory challenges, with a deal with marine transportation, offshore renewable vitality and port infrastructure, and a selected emphasis on belongings incorporating the most recent designs and sustainable applied sciences.
Eurazeo mentioned that the brand new fund “goals to ship measurable affect by financing belongings that scale back emissions, enhance vitality effectivity, and help the renewable vitality worth chain, whereas additionally producing regular, long-term returns for buyers.”
Alongside the primary shut, Eurazeo additionally introduced the fund’s first investments, together with the financing of two new eco-friendly vessels for a midsize Dutch shipowner, Longship Group B.V.
The European Funding Fund, which served as an anchor investor within the first classic of the fund, has joined once more as an anchor investor for ESMI II.
Guillaume Branco, Managing Director, Asset-Based mostly Finance at Eurazeo, commented:
“Via ESMI II, Eurazeo intends to capitalise on the success of the primary ESMI fund and continues to supply European maritime stakeholders with a tailored various financing resolution, in a market with huge financing wants, partly pushed by the environmental regulation and the dearth of financing sources obtainable, notably for SMEs.”
