Last week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was attended by more than 85,000 people from 201 different countries and attracted executives from the world's largest telephone operators, software, equipment suppliers, internet companies and industrial sectors such as automotive, finance and health, including Zuckerberg from Facebook, Korum from whatsapp and Rometty from IBM.
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The Impact of CDTI Financing on SMEs
The CDTI has recently published a study on the impact of its funding on the evolution of Spanish companies. The results have been very good: these companies have achieved 17% of their sales coming from the new technological developments financed.
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS SPAIN JANUARY 2014
January has seen the highest volume of M&A investment, surpassing its last monthly peak in July 2013.
Corporate investors launch startup accelerators
In recent years, the number of companies investing in technology-based startups has grown considerably. The main reason for this phenomenon is that companies are moving to an open innovation model, seeking innovation through new acquisitions.
US Venture Capital 2013 at highest levels since 2008
Después de 3 años consecutivos de crecimiento en el número de operaciones de «Private equity», en el 2013 ha caído un 14%. A pesar de ello, el capital invertido ha crecido hasta alcanzar niveles más altos post-crisis con $426bn gracias a 13 operaciones de gran tamaño (>2,5bn$). Entre ellas están incluidas las dos más grandes desde el 2008 protagonizadas por inversores corporativos: Dell por $24,5Bn y Heinz por $23,2Bn. El paso de inversión ha crecido trimestre a trimestre, alcanzando en el tercer trimestre los niveles más altos desde 2008.
Top 10 Biggest Funding Rounds in the Education ICT Sector
The 10 largest funding rounds in the ICT sector raised a total of $600M in 2013, the majority of which were in early stage companies.
Venture capital participates in mobile BAAS
Venture capital has invested $150M since 2010 in Baas, the connection between mobile applications and cloud services. There have not yet been many sales in the sector, limited to smaller acquisitions.
P2P Lending attracts twice as much VC investment as crowdfunding
In recent years, alternative financing has grown considerably, with P2P Lending in the US attracting large amounts of money through companies such as Lending Club, Prosper Marketplace and Funding Circle.
The Media sector receives investment for "publishing".
The media sector is in the midst of a profound change brought about by a poor outlook for traditional publishing models such as newspapers and printed books. As a result, we are seeing the emergence of new models funded by venture capital.
Content "Curation" receives 18M from venture capital
With the growth of content marketing, the software market has created several tools for what is known as content curation. According to our research we have identified more than 30 tools, of which only 8 have received venture capital backing for a total amount of $18M.
74% of venture capital and private equity deals in 2013 were targeted at SMEs.
Private equity invested almost 40% of its investments in the "Other services" and "Other industrial products" sectors. Corporate investors grew by 29% in 2013, with very significant activity in the internet and technology sectors. Spain has one of the best Business Angels network infrastructures.
Cybersecurity: an opportunity for investors
In the past year venture capital firms invested $1.4MM in 239 American cybersecurity companies. 80% of which ended in acquisitions or IPOs, with an average return of 10 times the investment.