In this report we discuss the business models that are expected to emerge in the coming years as well as the models that are becoming established.
Spain ranks sixth in terms of volume invested (170M$) and fourth in terms of number of companies (42).
Companies that have received the highest amount:
Seagate technologies founded in 1979, is a leading provider of hard disk drives whose improved capacity and speed has facilitated the development of the "cloud". It received a 691M$ round in 2011.
After the aforementioned Seagate, Russia's Rostelecom which is a telecommunications solutions provider offering cloud solutions with more than 100 million subscribers in 80 regions. It received 237M$ from Deutsch Bank and the Rusian investment Fund in 2013.
In third place is Soundcloud the online platform for sharing and distributing music. It has received a total of 123M$ in 5 rounds from 9 investors.
"Although if we take into account the biggest round, Six Degrees leads the list with a round of 94M$ in 2011" comments Diego Gutiérrez of Abra Invest.
Analysis of the acquisitions per activity:
o The number of acquisitions has been relevant in the years 2010 to 2013 showing signs of consolidation of business models.
o The "software" segment leads the ranking, having accounted for 9 of the 17 acquisitions in 2013.
o The next segment is "Enterprise" with 7 acquisitions out of 16 in 2012.
o In the years 2008 to 2011, video game activity in the cloud was consolidated.
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