In 2009 SMEs received 22 billion HUF fresh capital

In 2009, 22 billion HUF flown into the SME sector. Only 1.6 billion HUF arrived from new investors, which is roughly the third of the ratio of the previous year. According to the research of Start Tőkegarancia Zrt.; the majority of the inflows went into micro-enterprises.

On the basis of the database of Opten; the results showed that in 2009, capital increase realized in a value of 22 billion HUF at nearly 360 companies, and in the majority of the cases, the source came from the scope of the existing owners. The external fund raising in relation to the figures of the previous years significantly reduced in value and in numbers as well – reports penzcentrum.hu.