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.
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Analysis of the top 3 reward crowdfunding platforms in Spain
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...
What has Wayra invested in Spain?
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.
New CDTI Line: Global Innovation Line
The CDTI launches the global innovation line to finance business projects that boost the growth of SMEs through investment in technological innovation.
Acquisitions in the field of energy efficiency technologies
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...
Spain becomes the fourth country to regulate crowdfunding law.
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.
The US market is interested in Latin America
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.
Public funding and R&D&I deduction service
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.
New call for proposals Emprendetur R&D Programme
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.
New call for applications for the Emprendetur Programme for young entrepreneurs
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.
M&A deals in biotech companies in Spain are on the rise
Biotech companies in Spain are becoming more attractive to corporate investors. In some sectors, integration processes are taking place, such as that of Grifols. In other cases, the stock market is becoming an alternative for the biotechnology sector.
H2020 upcoming calls for the ICT sector in April 2015
Horizon 2020 (H2020), the European Union's public funding programme for research and innovation for the period 2014-2020, presents its new calls for April 2015 in the field of "Information & Communication Technologies" with a budget of € 561M.