Find out about the most important M&A transactions that have taken place in 2017 in the Education sector in Spain. We also analyse the acquisition of the Kids&Us English academies for children by the private equity fund Corpfin.
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Netex goes public on the MAB: the first Spanish company in the e-learning sector to be listed on the stock exchange.
Following the approval received from the Board of Directors, Netex Learning Technologies is today listed on the Alternative Stock Market (MAB), becoming the first Spanish company in the e-learning sector to be listed on the Stock Exchange.
Spanish fund Seaya Ventures leads round in Edtech company Yogome
Yogome has received an investment of $6M (5.4 million euros) from Seaya Ventures, the Spanish venture capital fund led by Beatriz González and Michael Kleindl. Variv Capital and Endeavor Catalyst have also participated in this Series A round with another 600,000$.
Kuaderno, a Spanish startup for children to learn English, receives its first investment from Cabiedes
Founded in 2015, Kuaderno is a leading Spanish independent digital platform for learning English for students aged 5 to 15. The objective of the round is to finance the main avenues of growth; improving products and strengthening the intelligent content generation algorithm. In addition to boosting its international growth.
Aba English closes $10.5M round
The EdTech sector is receiving funding. In 2016 we have detected more than 80 rounds of funding in the sector. Among them, $150M Age of Learning stands out for its size. In Spain, the round closed by Aba English is the largest round ever closed...
Corporate operations in the field of education in Spain: Busuu and International School BCN
After Linkedin's macro purchase of Lynda, an online training and video tutorials platform, for $1,500M, it seems that transactions in the education sector have been growing with new technologies as the main protagonist. In Spain, although we have not yet seen any large deals, we have seen some transactions in the education sector over the last year.
McGraw hill buys Busuu: Publishers make the move into new technologies
The ways of learning are changing with new technologies. In recent years we have seen how online learning has been gaining ground over books. The big publishers have had to make a leap in their strategy and enter the online market in order to be able to compete in the market. Publishers such as Anaya have already made a turn in their strategy and have incorporated new technologies, while other publishers such as McGraw Hill have decided to enter the technological world by acquiring companies in the sector.
Presentation of the Erasmus Plus call for proposals for 2016
The ERASMUS+ programme is the main instrument of the EU youth, education and training policy managed by the European Union and the national agencies in each country, in Spain SEPI and Injuve. The programme funds innovative actions in the field of youth, education and training for the creation of training materials, development of innovative methodologies, development of certificates and development of tools for the evaluation of training.
E-learning gets funding: Dada Company, Bussu, Foxize School ,Udance and Didactica Digital
According to a study conducted by UR Global, in recent years, SMEs and startups in the e-learning services sector have been the profile of companies that have most decided to make the international leap, along with other sectors such as digital marketing. In order to grow internationally, it is necessary to have financing. Below we highlight operations in the e-learning sector that have been carried out in the last quarter.
Springwater takes a stake in Uninvest to back its project
Springwater has entered the venture capital fund of the University of Santiago de Compostela, thus achieving the privatisation of the company, which was in the hands of three Galician universities. The privatisation of the company was necessary to raise funds from the ICO, which has limited its investment to managers and funds with a majority of private capital, forcing Uninvest - whose founding partners include Axis, the ICO's own venture capital company - to spend months analysing formulas for its survival. It has finally decided to consider the exit of universities and other public shareholders.
Acquisitions in the training sector
Aunque en los últimos años se han realizado varias fusiones y fusiones y adquisiciones en el sector de la educación y formación en España, la tendencia está decreciendo, en este año 2014 tan solo se ha realizado una operación. Operaciones en empresas muy ...
Strong activity in the E-learning sector.
Due to the rise of new technologies, learning has become much easier and more fun. Investors have realised that e-learning presents an opportunity for their portfolios and have been very active in this sector, especially in the last 3 years.