MBRIF Guarantee Scheme
Provides United Arab Emirates innovative companies with government-backed guarantees to secure bank financing without dilution.
The MBRIF Guarantee Scheme is a government-backed credit guarantee programme administered by Emirates Development Bank (EDB) on behalf of the UAE Ministry of Finance under the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund. The scheme enables UAE-based innovative companies to secure commercial bank financing without diluting equity: the government issues the guarantee, commercial banks perform final credit a…
Government-backed, interest-free credit guarantees enabling UAE-based innovative companies to secure commercial bank financing without diluting equity, administered by Emirates Development Bank for the Ministry of Finance.
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