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.
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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.
Top 10 Biggest Funding Rounds in the Education ICT Sector
The 10 largest funding rounds in the ICT sector raised a total of $600M in 2013, the majority of which were in early stage companies.
Investing in Educational Technology: less money for more operations
According to CBinsights analysis of 2012, VCs, angels and large corporations invested almost 1,100MM$ 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.
Education sector corporations invest 1,100MM$ in technology companies
According to a report by cbinsights, Pearson tops the list of education sector companies in acquiring and investing in technology companies, followed by privately owned Blackboard and the Macmillan Group.