FUNDING FOR FUTURE BV

Their core work

Funding for Future BV is a Dutch SME specialized in designing and implementing financial instruments that make deep energy renovation of buildings economically viable. They develop refinancing schemes, guarantee instruments, and subscription-based models that help energy efficiency service companies (ESCOs) and homeowner associations fund large-scale building renovations. Their core value lies in bridging the gap between energy performance goals and the financial mechanisms needed to achieve them — particularly for residential and multifamily buildings across Europe.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2018), Funding for Future focused on direct building renovation programs — the SUNShINE projects targeted achieving 202,020 m² of deeply renovated multifamily residential buildings, with financial schemes and EPC contracts as enabling tools. From 2019 onward, their focus shifted decisively toward the financial infrastructure itself: refinancing instruments, ESCO business models, guarantee mechanisms, rating systems, and policy-level engagement with homeowner associations. This evolution shows a move from project-level renovation support to systemic financial market-building for energy efficiency.

Moving toward scalable financial market infrastructure for energy renovation — increasingly focused on refinancing, guarantees, and policy frameworks rather than individual building projects.

How they like to work

Funding for Future always participates as a partner, never as coordinator, which suggests they bring specialized financial expertise into consortia led by others. With 37 unique partners across 18 countries from just 6 projects, they work in relatively large, diverse consortia — typical for Coordination and Support Actions. Their broad partner network indicates they are a sought-after specialist rather than a project initiator, making them easy to integrate into new consortia that need financial instrument design expertise.

Extensive European network of 37 unique partners across 18 countries, built through six energy efficiency projects. Their geographic spread is unusually wide for an SME of this size, reflecting the pan-European nature of building renovation finance.

What sets them apart

Funding for Future occupies a rare niche: they are a private company focused entirely on the financial architecture of energy renovation, not the technical renovation itself. While most energy efficiency SMEs bring engineering or technology expertise, this organization brings the financial structuring — refinancing, guarantees, risk rating — that turns technically sound renovation plans into bankable investments. For any consortium that needs to demonstrate financial viability or design replicable funding models, they fill a gap that technical partners cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Accelerate SUNShINE
  Their largest funded project (EUR 312,469), a follow-on to SUNShINE — rare in H2020, indicating the original model was successful enough to warrant acceleration and scaling.
• REFINE
  Directly targets the mainstreaming of refinancing schemes for ESCOs — represents the clearest expression of their core financial instrument expertise.
• GREEN Home
  Their most recent project, extending into policy engagement and homeowner associations in Germany — signals expansion from pure finance into market facilitation.