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.
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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.
"American Venture Capital bets on mobility".
In 2013 Venture Capital invested $$3.7B in mobility, consecutively raising investments in excess of $1 billion over the last two quarters of 2013.
Lleida, Andalusia and Castile: growth in local entrepreneur funds
Faced with the lack of bank credit, the entrepreneurs themselves and their associations are promoting new funds to circulate the existing liquidity among the entrepreneurs themselves. Lleida, Andalusia and Castile are examples of this.
Valencia to invest €13M in innovative projects in 2014
In these first months of the year we are seeing how several autonomous communities are announcing their commitment to the innovative business fabric. The Valencian community is no stranger to this trend and has announced an investment of €13M for 2014.
Flat world and the education software sector
There is much debate in the education ecosystem as to whether new technologies bring substantial advances in education or are more of a distraction. Investors are backing companies that develop software for the education sector, such as the $9.5M raised by Flat World last January.
Direct lending: alternative or complement to traditional financing?
Yesterday in Madrid, a conference was held at the APD on the financing formula known as "Direct lending" or financing through investment vehicles specialised in debt without the need for a bank balance sheet.
New ICO line for innovative SMEs
The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations have launched a new credit line of 323.6 million euros through the Official Credit Institute (ICO), which will benefit more than 12,000 innovative companies.
Big data in education appeals to investors
Technologies for capturing and managing large volumes of data, known as big data, are being applied to a multitude of business sectors. One of these is the education sector, which has seen approximately $150M from early 2013 to date from 30 companies.
Cosme 2014-2020
Programme for the improvement of the competitiveness of SMEs in the European Union.