SDOS, a company specialising in software development, particularly mobile applications, is laying the foundations for international growth. After several years of growth, the company has decided to organise itself by creating a holding company and has bought the company Metadology, a specialist in big data. These two actions will allow the company to consolidate its position in Spain and to gain strength to enter the international market.
Cybersecurity investment hits new record high in first 5 months of 2017, with companies valued at more than $1B
In the first 5 months of 2017, the number of investments made in the cybersecurity sector has reached a new record high, reaching 190 deals, which is 20% compared to the same period last year. Although we have detected large rounds in the sector, there have also been several seed/angel rounds. This is a sign that new innovative solutions are being created in response to emerging attacks. Which companies are receiving support from investors?
New Venture Capital Funds: Arcano, Alta life Science and Suma Capital
Spanish venture capital is in vogue. A few days ago we learned of the funds selected in the 8th Fondico call and several firms have announced the imminent launch of new funds. Among them we have detected funds focused on technology, healthcare and energy.
Random House buys Ediciones B from Grupo Zeta for €40m
Mortadelo and Filemón are no longer Spanish. Penguin Random House, the world's leading publisher with 250 publishing houses in the five corners of the world, has closed the purchase of Ediciones B, until now owned by Grupo Zeta. Grupo Zeta thus obtains liquidity to meet its debt.
Pop Places, the Spanish company that rents out shops by the hour, merges with the German company Go-Popup.
PopPlaces.com, el ‘marketplace’ español dedicado a alquiler de espacios comerciales por días para ‘pop-up stores’ o eventos, avanza en su crecimiento internacional y ha culminado la fusión con la empresa alemana Go-PopUp.
Verse, the mobile app that facilitates person-to-person payments, closes €18M round
Verse, the mobile app for person-to-person payments, has announced the closing of its new funding round worth $20.5M, or €18.5M, to expand into new countries, consolidate in existing ones, launch new products and continue to grow.
ISP Digital, the marketing holding company, buys US company Anagram
Anagram is a programmatic buying company, enabling large advertisers and agencies to efficiently and transparently run their own programmatic advertising campaigns.
Restb.ai , which uses artificial intelligence to recognise images receives €1.2M
Restb.ai, specialising in image recognition-based business solutions, has received a €1.2M investment to support its expansion. The round was backed by Lanta Capital, Capitana Venture Partners, Athos Capital and Tandem Capital and US investor Court Westcott LLC.
Ontruck , a technology company in the logistics sector, raises €9.2M
With this new capital inflow, the on-demand logistics platform created in Spain reaffirms its objective of reinventing the transport logistics market, a sector that generates 10 billion dollars (9.2 billion euros).
Telefónica buys German big data company to gain insight into consumer behaviour
The company, through its German subsidiary Telefónica NEXT, has reached an agreement to acquire the German startup Minodes, which specialises in technology for analysing customer data in shops anonymously.
AEESD 2017: Government earmarks €80M to boost R&D&I in the ICT sector
The AEESD aims to strengthen the competitiveness and internationalisation of Spanish companies, mainly SMEs. Among the technologies that will benefit from this aid are 5G connectivity, massive data processing, computing and...
Devicare, a Spanish medical device company, receives €3M
Devicare, founded in 2012 in Barcelona, is a company specialising in innovative medical devices for the home care of chronic patients under the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) concept.