One of the advantages of a MAB listing is the generation of liquidity that allows the company to grow inorganically. As proof of this, in the last year we have seen several companies from very different sectors listed on the MAB that have made acquisitions, such as Clerph, Inkemia, or Bionaturis.
Ticketbits, a Spanish ticketing platform founded by Ander Michelena and Jon Uriarte in 2010, recorded gross revenues of €84M in 2015 and is present in more than 40 countries.
In the last month we have seen venture capital divestments in Spanish companies, some of which, such as the sale of Tyba, have been beneficial for investors. Others, such as the sale of Otogami, have been made so that the company can continue its activity.
Minetur has approved the Emprendetur R+D+i programme for innovative projects in the tourism sector. This programme is divided into two sub-programmes: Empredetur I+D (€10M) and Emprendetur Desarrollo de Productos Innovadores (€35M). The grants will be in the form of...
"The United States is an interesting market for exporting sausages. Distribution is very fragmented, it is possible to sell at a price at which producers and distributors make money, and there are few Spanish exporters who have a long-term strategic plan to enter the USA. Moreover, there is a high sales potential because people want to eat different things".
Spanish technology companies want to make the leap into the international market and to do so they are merging with each other to gain strength or are carrying out M&A operations with foreign companies. In April, in addition to the big purchase of Privalia by Vente Privée, we have seen other operations such as the merger between Wallapop and Letgo in the US or the purchase of the Spanish company HallStreet by TimeOut.
The Bionaturis Group continues its growth process through acquisitions and has decided to acquire Zip, specialised in the development of technologies for the production of peptides and recombinant proteins with applications in the biotechnological, pharmaceutical, veterinary and industrial sectors.
The e-health sector is coming to our country, according to a study carried out by Startupxplore, the number of startups in the eHealth sector grew by 53% in 2015 compared to the previous year. In addition, we have already seen the first mergers and acquisitions in the eHealth...
Private equity is investing in companies that provide software solutions for portfolio management. Efront has been bought by Brige point and Gi Partners bought MRI Software, both of which were bought after the technology companies had made buyouts in the sector.
Two days ago we learned that the video game chain Game bought the augmented reality company Ads Reality, the big tech companies like Facebook and Microsoft are investing a lot of money in the sector and companies like MagicLeap, which has not yet released any product on the market, has raised more than $1.42B. In Spain, a good number of startups have embarked on the adventure of developing products and technologies based on Virtual and Augmented Reality.
The energy storage industry is seeing an increase in terms of new and innovative products, partly due to the entry of large companies from different sectors entering the energy storage sector. Among the benefits of energy storage are that in addition to storing electricity that is not consumed at the time of generation, they facilitate greater integration of renewables, help reduce line congestion, improve the quality of electricity supply and optimise the consumption curve.
Cybersecurity has become a sector of great interest to investors in recent years. Valuable company information is migrating to digital channels and the cloud and companies are experiencing data breaches that can have many consequences for their business. From 2011 to 2015 the number of funding rounds in the cybersecurity space has doubled from 166 to 332 and the volume has increased from $1.1B in 2011 to $3.8B in 2015.