During the pre-crisis period, the creation of new wineries and appellations proliferated. There was no self-respecting entrepreneur who did not have a stake in a winery. Now the time has come for the sector to be reorganised and the entrepreneurs with winemaking experience will remain.
A look at «speech recognition»
In recent weeks, the sale of the Spanish firm Indisys to Intel has made the news. This transaction has not been an isolated event: «voice recognition» technologies are currently undergoing a frenzy of activity.
ICTs the only sector to see an upturn in investment activity
Despite a downward trend in investment across the board, the information technology (ICT) sector has seen a rebound in the second quarter of 2013. Private investment firms invested 12,500$ million in 65 deals in the second quarter, which is at a similar level to the last two years.
Within eHealth, investors are interested in cost transparency
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
Corporate venture capital investment by telecoms is at its highest level in the last 10 years, having invested $ 1.64 billion across 145 deals since the beginning of 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?
According to a PwC study, the new buyers come from emerging markets. In 2012 alone, investors from high-growth economies made purchases worth $32.6 billion in developed economies, three times more than in...

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.
