Finance minister Alexandru Nazare said at the Concordia Summit 2026 that the authorities are preparing several financing instruments together with the IDB and the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), including mechanisms through which pension funds can direct more capital to private investments, Cursdeguvernare.ro reported.
RoBOOST is designed as a fund-of-funds mechanism through which the state, via the Investment and Development Bank (IDB), and institutional investors, including pension funds, can channel capital into private equity and venture capital funds.
The IDB, in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), will provide the initial funding and select eligible investment funds, while pension funds will be allowed to participate with a higher share of their assets than under the previous rules. These funds will then invest in Romanian start-ups, SMEs and other companies at different stages of development, helping them access equity financing.
“You should know that we have been working on this RoBOOST since the beginning of the year. It is not a very easy thing to build; there are some criteria that the European Investment Fund has, mandatory steps that we must go through, but, certainly, it is a first step. And we should have done it. We should have done it a long time ago. We are far behind the countries in the region in this regard. I hope that by the end of the year, at the latest the beginning of next year, we will be able to start RoBOOST, which is built with money saved from the PNRR,” the minister said at the Concordia Summit 2026.
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