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The technologies that make energy efficiency possible

Oct 3, 2014 | Multiples of listed companies

The technologies that make energy efficiency possible A recent study by McKinsey states that, over the next 20 years, at least $37 billion will be invested annually in energy efficiency, using the new technologies available. American investors have been investing in the sector for some years now, with very good results, such as Hannon Armstrong, which last year made its debut on the New York stock exchange, with notable success. In Spain, the first funds focused on this sector are already being created.

In which sectors does European venture capital invest?

Oct 1, 2014 | Multiples of listed companies

Since 2012, the biotechnology sector has received the most investment with 1.85Bn$ in 126 deals, accounting for 18% of total venture capital investment. However, investments in ICT-related companies are currently gaining momentum, especially in sectors such as analytics, fintech and online food and hotel services, where large deals have been made.

Biotechnology in Spain finds investors

Sep 30, 2014 | Multiples of listed companies

One of the main barriers to the growth of Spanish biotech companies is their small size (>95% less than 250 employees), which prevents them from accelerating their entry into foreign markets, for example. The main cause of this small size is due to the scarcity of funding or private investment. Although a specialised national biotech venture capital ecosystem is being generated and more and more deals are being closed with foreign investors, there is still much room for improvement.

The Basque Government supports new entrepreneurial SME initiatives

Sep 24, 2014 | Sector Funding

The Basque Government and the Provincial Councils have launched a plan to support entrepreneurship with the aim of fostering the culture of entrepreneurship, increasing new business ideas and focusing on intra-entrepreneurship, as well as complementing the support plans for entrepreneurs and encouraging the emergence of new entrepreneurs.

Investment analysis in the Machine Learning sector

Sep 23, 2014 | Sector Funding

"Machine learning is attracting a lot of interest from tech giants, who are spending a lot of money and effort to hire the best machine learning researchers. Companies in the sector are aware of this and are making a...

The Basque Government's priorities: advanced manufacturing, energy and biosciences, to gain competitiveness in Europe.

Sep 18, 2014 | Sector Funding

The Basque Government has begun to explain to Basque companies the priorities for specialisation in certain fields in which to carry out a large part of the public funding in R&D in which three meta-priorities are set: Advanced Manufacturing, Energy and Micro-bio-nano Convergence for Health. The development of a smart specialisation strategy is already a prerequisite for any country or region to be able to access the funding offered by major European projects.

1 S 2014: Acquisitions in technology companies on the rise

Sep 17, 2014 | Sector Funding

Los inversores corporativos mejoran su confianza en Europa y optan por el crecimiento vía fusiones y adquisiciones de empresas tecnológicas alcanzando el máximo desde el 2012. El primer semestre de 2014 con 94 operaciones presenta la mayor cifra de fusiones y...

Investment analysis of the natural language industry

Sep 16, 2014 | Multiples of listed companies

Natural language processing (NLP) is a field of ICT that studies the interactions between computers and human language. The level of performance has improved substantially in recent years. As an effect of this phenomenon, during the last few...

Most active VC investors in Europe in the first half of 2014

Sep 15, 2014 | Multiples of listed companies

Index Ventures leads the list of the most active investors in the first half of 2014 with 11 venture capital deals, and has also completed five more deals in early-stage companies.

Cosme: improving the competitiveness of European enterprises

Sep 11, 2014 | Sector Funding

COSME with a budget of €2.3 billion to run between 2014 and 2020 is the EU's Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs programme that helps entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises to start up, access finance and internationalise, as well as supporting authorities to improve the business environment and facilitate economic growth in the European Union.

Profound success of Horizon SME instrument in Spain

Sep 4, 2014 | Sector Funding

Spain is positioned as the first country in number of projects in Phase 1 of the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020, obtaining 39 of the 155 projects selected for funding. The next cut-off date for submitting new projects in phase 1 will be this September, here are some keys to take into account so that your project can be part of those selected.

H1 2014, How is VC evolving in Europe?

Sep 3, 2014 | Multiples of listed companies

En el 1S 2014, la inversión del Venture capital en Europa ha crecido un 27% en el número de operaciones y un 70% en el volumen invertido respecto al mismo semestre del 2013. Después del incremento de actividad de Venture Capital en el último trimestre del 2013, el...

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