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type: Article
title: "Who pays for smart cities? Horizon Europe, the EIB and more"
description: "Smart-city money comes from a stack: EU grants, public-bank loans and private capital. Here is who pays for what, and where the real money sits."
resource: "https://jinafin.com/t/ukxnhd4k6jyw/"
locale: en
published: "2026-06-30T17:07:52.306Z"
timestamp: "2026-07-12T13:45:22.240Z"
tags:
  - "eu-innovation-funding"
  - "european-union"
  - "funding"
  - "smart-cities"
translations:
  de: "https://jinafin.com/t/4c645t9gdtfb/"
entities:
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8880"
  - "https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu"
  - "https://www.eib.org"
  - "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458"
---

# Who pays for smart cities? Horizon Europe, the EIB and more

Smart-city money comes from a stack: EU grants, public-bank loans and private capital. Here is who pays for what, and where the real money sits.

**Contents**

- The layers
- The real lesson

Full text: https://jinafin.com/t/ukxnhd4k6jyw/