Spain is beginning to follow the model that has been successful in other parts of Europe for decades and we are starting to see university funds to finance Spinouts. In 2016, two universities, one public and one private, have raised funds for this purpose, both managed by Clave Mayor.
Agile, which specialises in audiovisual content management and Big Data for audience segmentation, has acquired Over-The-Top (OTTN), which develops technology for pay-TV platforms, enabling a new TV experience through video-on-demand consumption.
Axis, the venture capital company of the ICO Group, has resolved the sixth call of FOND-ICO Global with the selection of four funds, in which it will invest €71M. These funds will invest around €280 million in Spain, which is almost 4 times the amount that FOND-ICO Global will invest. Given the great reception of this call, a new call is expected to be launched before the summer. According to the planned investment plan, new fund selection calls will continue to be launched depending on the market situation.
Atamaral, an investor specialising in technology companies, has bought 30%, from the technology consultancy Tenentia.
Icontainers joins the waves of rounds in the logistics sector and receives an injection of $6M, the second largest investment so far this year in a Catalan startup.
Excom wants to grow in Spain and it does so through acquisitions and commercial agreements with companies in the sector, proof of which is that in the last year it has bought Wifiways, Central Phone, Ipok and Internet Canarias.
Leading 3D design software firm Solid Angle has gone back to the market and bought Solid Angle, its first Spanish acquisition.
Abac, with €230M, has raised the largest fund in Southern Europe for a start-up fund manager and UC has raised a fund for SMEs that have the potential to grow in Asia, especially in India. Abac raises a €320M fund from foreign investors to invest in...
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...
"Why invest in fashion in Spain? Because there is tradition and industry and there are prospects for a recovery in consumption after years of contraction; fashion is a sector that has the best companies in the world and, consequently, the best talent in the world," says Fernando Elío Dolz de Espejo, investment director at ProA Capital.
In the last month we have heard about two Spanish companies that focus on the fight against cancer, Immunostep and Idp Pharma, which have received funding.
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.