Enisa passes 10,000 disbursed loans, citing Cabify, PLD Space and Filmin

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Enisa, the public lender that sits under Spain's Ministry of Industry and Tourism, has now paid out more than 10,000 participative loans. Its chief executive, Carolina Rodríguez, called it "a round and inspiring figure", which is accurate on the first count. She credits the team and money from the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, channelled through Spain's recovery plan, and says each euro Enisa lent drew in 3.29 euros of private capital. Enisa has also certified 2,527 companies as emerging start-ups, appears in an OECD diagnostic of Spain's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and has a guarantee deal of up to 40 million euros with the European Investment Fund.

A milestone like this calls for a list of alumni, and Enisa supplied one with the loan sizes attached. Cabify got 200,000 euros and Filmin 300,000. Komvida, which makes a fermented tea drink in Fregenal de la Sierra, received 275,000. Marsi Bionics, a CSIC spin-off building rehabilitation exoskeletons in Madrid, took two loans of 100,000 and 200,000. PLD Space, the Elche rocket company, also took two, of 200,000 and 675,000. Silbon, the Córdoba menswear brand, borrowed 50,000 to expand abroad, and Valencia jewellery label Singularu borrowed 75,000.

The sums are modest next to what some of these companies later raised, which is roughly the point of being early. Enisa says it intends to keep lending to innovative firms that need financing.