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.
How do I find the best candidate in a selection process?
There are talented managers out there, but without the right tools, there is a good chance that you will not be able to find the perfect candidate for a particular job.
Investing in Educational Technology: less money for more operations
According to CBinsights analysis of 2012, VCs, angels and large corporations invested almost 1,100MM$ in educational technologies. During the first half of 2013 the number of deals has increased (10%) although with a lower volume of money invested. This is due to the increase in seed stage and early stage investments, which account for 50% of the deals and 30% of the amount invested.
BBVA puts crowdfunding in the spotlight
The BBVA Research team considers crowdfunding as a business model that has to be considered by traditional banking due to its simplicity and transparency as a competitive threat in the future.
"SW-defined networks" increases VC investment stimulated by large sales transactions
According to CB Insight, large sales transactions in the Software Defined Networking sector stimulated 416M$ of Venture Capital investment. Activity is up 75% y-o-y supported by large acquisitions by Juniper Networks and VMWare and Cyan's public offering.
Growing investment in financial technologies (FINTECH)
Investment in financial technologies (FinTech) by venture capital and venture capital has increased steadily since 2008 and has eclipsed $ 9 B. 2013 is shaping up to be an exceptional year for FinTech surpassing the high levels seen in 2012.
Does venture capital disinvest?
According to data provided by ascri.org, during the first half of 2013 the difficulty of divestment by private equity remains: 113 sales transactions for a volume (at cost price) of €570M (-28% compared to the first half of 2012).