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.
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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.
Digital content managers receive $230M of venture capital
Digital content is becoming king in entertainment and leisure as well as in business marketing. As proof of this, venture capital has invested $230M in 38 companies since 2012.
Increase in large and Series A funding rounds in the technology sector.
According to a study by Cb Insight, there has been a significant increase in Series A funding rounds larger than $10M in the technology sector in recent years, while small and medium-sized rounds have remained constant.
Enterprise content managers get venture capital backing
Enterprise content management platforms have been around for years, but since 2013 seven companies have received funding from investors to accelerate their growth, not only in the US but also in India and Europe.