May saw 26 Venture Capital deals, the highest number so far this year according to data provided by TTR. Despite this, the total amount invested was €31m, almost half the amount invested in April 2014.
Gauzatu industry 2014
El 10 de junio se abrió el plazo para la solicitud de las ayudas de apoyo a la inversión Gauzatu – Industria de SPRI, que tiene como objetivo impulsar la creación y desarrollo de pymes de base tecnológica y/o innovadoras. Los beneficiarios podrán presentar la solicitud hasta el 11 de Julio.
Call for projects related to the Dependency 2014 is open
El pasado 12 de junio se abrió el plazo de solicitud del programa para el 2014, un fondo con cargo a los Presupuestos del Ministerio de Sanidad, que tiene por objeto prestar apoyo financiero a iniciativas empresariales que promuevan y desarrollen proyectos de...
Mergers and acquisitions May 2014
Mergers and acquisitions in the month of May continue the positive trend that this market is experiencing. According to TTR data, comparing the number of operations carried out this month with the same period last year, we see that the number of operations has increased by 40%, from 59 to 83.
Acció 10: Boosting innovation and internationalisation of Catalan companies
ACCIÓ10 es la agencia adscrita al Departamento de Empresa y Empleo de la Generalidad de Cataluña, que apoya la empresa catalana, impulsando la innovación, la internalización y el crecimiento, con el objetivo de que esta pueda ser competitiva. Ayudas a la...
BASQUE FONDO promotes Basque SMEs.
New Basque government fund with €5M to promote new Basque companies that have gone through the Ekintzaile programme. The programme is divided into two parts, to meet the needs of the companies according to their characteristics, Basque fund section I and Basque fund section II.
SMEs, how does the government's growth plan affect you?
On 6 June, the Spanish government published the plan of measures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency. This communiqué was published in the same week that the government announced future reductions in both corporate and income taxes and an early repayment of the loan received for the FROB. This all sounds like good news for the Spanish economy, but what is the expected effect on SMEs?
Talde's new fund towards internalisation
The Basque venture capital company Talde is opening a new fund to support investments from Europe to Latin America and vice versa.
In which sectors does crowdfunding invest?
Crowdfunding has grown a lot in recent years, according to a study by the agency Massolution, in 2012 this type of funding grew by 81% compared to the previous year, raising a total of $2,700M worldwide and in 2013 the figure doubled to more than $5,000M.
Spain crowdfunding: draft bill boosts crowdfunding activity
The limitation on the amount of investment, the main fear of all platforms in the first draft of the bill, has been overcome. Although the draft bill states that by default all investors will have a limit on their investments (maximum €3,000/transaction and €6,000/year), the door is left open for professional investors who are used to analysing the risks of investments to invest without limits per project or per year.
CDTI produces a quick guide to H2020
Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the Programme for Research and Innovation in the European Union for the period 2014-2020. The Cdti has prepared a quick guide with its main features that we detail below.
Venture capital recovery in Spain in the first quarter of 2014
Venture capital once again placed its trust in Spain in the first half of 2014, doubling investments from €310M in the first quarter of 2013 to €618M. This increase in investments has been due to the average increase in the amount of each deal, as the number of deals has remained practically the same, at around 100.