In the US, access to healthcare could reach millions of new consumers with the passage of the Affordable Care Act next year. Investors have bet on start-ups that offer transparency in healthcare costs, crucial to improve efficiency for patients, providers, hospitals and insurance companies.
Telecoms step up investment through venture capital funds
La inversión de los venture capital corporativo de las «telecos» están en los niveles más altos en los últimos 10 años. Han invertido $ 1,64 mil mlns en 145 operaciones desde el inicio de 2012.
Mexico leads investments in Spain in August
Latin American and European companies dominate the investment market in Spain, with Mexico standing out in August.
The travel industry makes a move
Over the last few months, the travel and hotel sector has been immersed in a series of acquisitions by large groups. This is a good thermometer of the high level of competition in the sector and the need to seek advantages through the incorporation of differential technology.
"Pitch elevator: tips from experienced entrepreneurs
From the Kauffman Foundation last August, a number of experienced entrepreneurs gave their recommendations on how to pitch a project. They included Karen Griffith Gryga of Mid-Atlantic business angel, Bob Thomson of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of northeastern Pennsylvania and Ellen Weber of Robin Hood Ventures.
Will developed countries end up in the hands of emerging countries?
Según un estudio de Pwc, los nuevos compradores provienen de los mercados emergentes. Solo en el 2012, los inversores de las economías de alto crecimiento realizaron compras por valor de 32.600 millones de dólares en las economías desarolladas, tres veces más que en...

Strengthening the Latin American Venture Capital Ecosystem
According to a study by http://www.economist.com/, the assessment of the venture capital and venture capital ecosystem in Latam has shown significant improvements, with local regulation having improved the investment climate.

Private equity leverages corporations' non-strategic assets
Companies have focused their strategies on reducing costs, increasing productivity and improving net profit. But these strategies are bottoming out and companies are opting to slim down structures by selling non-strategic assets to private equity in order to generate cash, and these slimming down transactions seem to be picking up in 2013, with three quarters of those in 2012.
Corporate venture capital resurfaces as it did in the dotcom era
Corporate venture capital has grown by 23% in the US with 1.7B$ of investment and 126 deals. The reasons for the growth are due to both a greater number of corporations with venture capital and a small group of CVCs being hyperactive.
Se mete PRISA en el mundo de las «ofertas»
The world of offers has been in turmoil in recent years due to the importance of price for consumers. Proof of this is the progress made by PRISA with its participation in OFFERUM with its PLANEO portal. Consumers in this period of crisis are looking more and more at the price and are willing to receive abundant information about offers, in addition to the difficulty that businesses have in getting customers.
The future of the internet capturing the movement of physical things
Services ranging from thermostat sensors to wristbands that can track how you sleep or eat, is made up of hundreds of startup companies categorised as the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things describes technologies that connect to the internet and to each other through sensors, wireless networks, as well as "machine-to-machine" methods.
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