According to a study by Abra Invest, after years in which venture capital investments in the energy sector in Spain were scarce, activity is picking up again. In 2013, a total of 22 operations were carried out, 60% more than in 2012 and it seems that 2014 will follow this trend.
The use of new technologies in the tourism sector has many advantages when it comes to saving costs and reaching end customers. In recent years, several companies have been created in the sector that have been able to grow thanks to the support of investors who have seen an opportunity in the sector, and it is expected that this trend will continue to grow in the coming years.
The Eurostars-Eureka programme awarded by the European Commission and Eurostars member states provides grants to develop market-oriented transnational projects among R&D-intensive SMEs. In Spain, these grants are managed through the Interempresas Internacional programme, managed by CDTI, and the last call was very successful.
In Spain there are more than 70 crowdfunding platforms, in the last year the growth of this method of financing has been spectacular, crowdfunding in Spain moved 30 million euros, more than double that of the previous year. Below is an analysis...
Wayra, Telefónica's international start-up accelerator, has already accelerated 415 start-ups from more than 20 different technology sectors since its inception in 2011. The impact on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Spain has been very significant.
The CDTI launches the global innovation line to finance business projects that boost the growth of SMEs through investment in technological innovation.
Según un informe realizadp por Logic- Fin, el numero de fusiones y adquisiciones en el sector está creciendo paulatinamente en los últimos años, si bien en el 2008 tan solo se realizó una adquisición, en lo que llevamos de año 2014 se han llegado a realizar 5. Nets...
The government approves the draft law on the Promotion of Business Financing, which includes a high level of regulation on crowdfunding. Among the new features of the law is the distinction between qualified and non-qualified investors.
According to TTR Record data, American investors are increasingly active in Latin America. Since 2012, the number of US investments in the country has gradually increased from 109 deals in 2012 to 140 in 2014. The number of divestments has also grown by 53% in the last two years, from 28 deals in the first half of 2012 to 60 in the first half of 2014.
ABRA INVEST has the support of a team of consultants specialised in R&D&I grants and deductions, the only activity that this team has carried out for more than 10 years, reaching a very high level of specialisation and achieving success rates above the market average.
Within the framework of the Spanish National Integral Tourism Plan (PNIT), the Secretary of State for Tourism has announced the Emprendetur R&D Programme, aimed at financing R&D projects related to technological innovation and tourism with the objective of supporting research and development applied to products in the tourism sector.
Within the framework of the Spanish National Integral Tourism Plan (PNIT), the Secretary of State for Tourism announced the Emprendetur Programme for young entrepreneurs, focused on financing R&D projects related to technological innovation and tourism with the aim of supporting research and development applied to products in the tourism sector. It seems that this November 2014 a new call will be opened in similar terms to the previous one.