According to Javier Ulicea, venture capital investments in Spain will reach €500M in 2015. The good prospects for investment in our country are being noted in the launch of new funds. Lanzame Capital, Endurance Partners, Uc Capital and Collins, are the protagonists of this November.
The main objective of the Language Technologies Promotion Plan, which aims to boost the industry that researches and develops applications and technological solutions linked to Natural Language Processing (NLP), is part of the Digital Agenda plan for Spain and has a budget of €90 million between 2016 and 2020. Of this €90M, €14M will be invested next year.
This week, two takeovers have taken place in Basque companies. Aernova has bought Burulan and the Basque Inser Robotica has bought the Brazilian Sollutions Robotics. In addition, a technology companyAtten2 has received support from the Cdti and Iberdrola.
The approval of a new regulatory framework for renewables has increased the sector's attractiveness for investors. According to a study by EY, Spain has led in the second quarter of the year in M&A operations in energy, and large investment funds have made the leap from the brick sector to renewable energies in our country.
4 technology startups with presence in our country receive funding in the first week of November 2015. These startups are a clear example of the sectors that are receiving support from investors. The software sector, online booking and aggregators and digital marketing.
Crowdlending is a form of alternative financing that is growing considerably in our country. In the last two years this form of financing has grown by 360% with an average profitability of 7%. In the month of October three platforms have been protagonists in this sector. MyTripleA, Zencap and Loanbook.
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.
"The digital marketing sector is starting a consolidation process and that is why we are taking advantage of our financial strength to play a relevant role in this new environment of Mergers and Acquisitions within the digital industry in Spain"...
In 2015, 625 new private equity entities were created worldwide, according to a study conducted by the statistics service Preqin. In Spain we have also witnessed the emergence of new funds. In the last month, for example, funds that are not very common in our country have been created, such as a debt fund and one dedicated to scientific research.
Who said that investment in e-commerce was a thing of the past? The percentage of people who shop online every day continues to grow and this means that companies are having to jump on the "online bandwagon". According to data from the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), there are 27 million internet users in Spain and almost 12 million of them shop online. In the last six months we have witnessed two Spanish technology companies to boost online sales that have received a large amount of funding.
In the second half of October we have witnessed that two Spanish companies focused on cancer treatment solutions have received funding. In addition, the largest deal in Crowdequity for the biotech sector has also been closed. The protagonist of this operation has been Mind The byte.
As we have already mentioned in previous posts, the e-health sector is a sector with a lot of potential that is receiving support from investors. In the last year several Spanish e-health companies such as Psios, TopDoctors and IglobalMed have received funding in the sector and we would like to share them with you.