The CDTI's role as a lever to mobilise private investment alongside public R&D funding has been key during the first half of 2013. New developments include agreements with private investors, foreign governments and new lines of support.
Andalusia has 4 new venture capital funds for SMEs
The Andalusian innovation agency signed last week the contracts for financial intermediation services with the 4 venture capital managers that won the tender of the EU initiative JEREMIE in October. The winning managers are four well-known venture capital firms in Spain: Avindia, Axon, Alta Partners and Gedsur.
Unir emprende and Vocento invest in news projects
UNIR emprende and Vocento are launching an ambitious Spanish initiative to help journalism and communication entrepreneurs to innovate and begin to overcome the crisis in the sector.

Software investment in Spain is international
Last year, Spanish venture capital made several investments in information technologies dedicated to software development. The international profile of these initiatives and the spin-off origin of some of them is noteworthy.
Wayra attracts 300 investors in its second demoday
On 12 November, the second demoday of Wayra, Telefónica's incubator, was held with the presentation of 16 startups.

Venture capital: growing investment in startups for international money transfer
Venture capital is seeing an investment opportunity in startups developing new technologies for international money transfer that help eliminate some of the forms, costs and timescales of traditional systems. In the last 2 years...
Venture capital in Latam: activity in October 2013
Private investment activity such as venture capital and private equity continues to grow in the Latin American region, having surpassed the number of deals in 2012 in October 2013.
Spanish Venture Capital invests in Games Tics
Over the last few years we have witnessed investments by Spanish venture capitalists in the online and mobile games sector. The old model of developing to be bought by the big publishers has passed away, let's look at the new models.
Spanish venture capital invests in educational ICTs
The Spanish education sector has been able to train prestigious professionals. Venture capital activity shows signs of a good future development of the sector together with online educational entities such as UNIR and IEBS that augur good opportunities.

What is Spanish venture capital investing in Fintech?
In the United States, a global benchmark in technology investment, the financing of companies in the Fintech sector grew by more than 20% in terms of both the number of transactions and capital invested. In Spain, there are also some good startups setting a good example.
Investments in the ICT security sector
Security in the IT sector has continued to experience significant activity in Spain in recent years following major operations such as Panda Software or the presence of S21sec.
The meat sector has attractive assets
The interest of industrial investors in the meat sector has been sustained both in terms of assets from bankruptcies and in terms of acquisitions and alliances for growth.