On 21 April, the deadline for applications for aid granted by Spri for the incorporation of Electronics, Information and Communications Technologies (EICTs) in industrial manufacturing SMEs opened.
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BASQUE INDUSTRY 4.0: Technology Transfer of R&D in ICTs applied to Advanced Manufacturing
Spri has opened the deadline for the Basque Industry 4.0 grants, to support Technology Transfer Projects from "technology suppliers" to industrial manufacturing companies, in the field of EICTs (Electronics, Information and Telecommunications Technologies) applied to Advanced Manufacturing, which have a demonstration effect and therefore allow accelerating the transfer to the market of the results of R&D projects in EICTs.
Solutions for the disabled receive investment: Irisbond, Noomad bike, Fit&sit and others.
Startups focused on providing solutions for people with disabilities want to grow and are looking for funding through different means. Irisbond closed a €300,000 funding round in February 2015. Noomad bike is looking for investors and companies such as Fit and Sit and Dismore have decided to use crowdfunding.
Investments in food sector: Bolton, Garavilla, Orizont and others
Investors in food companies are active in 2015. If February was in the news for the large number of operations that venture capital made in the sector, this April is characterised by the entry of foreign investors and the creation of a new startup incubator focused solely on the food sector.
Microwave and Civeta enter the publishing world by investing in "La Communitat".
The new digital newspapers are competing to fill the gap left by the big media groups as information and communication media on the Internet. La Communitat has closed a round with the aim of financing "Mediazines", an interactive magazine kiosk launched in January. In April Sabemos, a digital newspaper with €2M of investment, was born. Pedro J's newspaper El español has already raised more than €3.6M from 5000 shareholders before going public.
Using Big Data for semantic analysis gets funding.
In the last two months two Spanish Big Data companies that use natural language processing for semantic analysis: Bitext and Sentisis, have received the backing of investors. Moreover, in recent years the number of companies in the sector has grown considerably.
CDTI support for the preparation of Community proposals (APC) H2020
The CDTI will soon open the application period for H2020 grants for the preparation of proposals for research and innovation actions and SME instrument actions in phase II.
Telefónica invests in Sigfox, world's leading provider of a mobile network dedicated to the Internet of Things
France's Sigfox has raised a €115M funding round involving financial and strategic investors from Europe, the US and Asia.
Banco Sabadell creates the Aurica III fund to help the internationalisation of SMEs
Sabadell has launched a €150M fund to invest in growth projects in foreign markets. Of the €150M, €50M will be provided by Sabadell and the rest by family offices and institutional investors. It has also increased capital to buy TSB.
Seidor goes shopping: acquires Dispal and Softgasa
Seidor, a leading multinational firm in SAP Consulting solutions, Management Consulting and value-added ICT Services, has acquired two companies in February 2015: Dispal and Softgasa, with the aim of consolidating its position in the north of Spain.
Vitamin K and Kibo ventures invest in iContainers
Kibo Ventures and VitaminaK's investment in Icontainers was the second largest venture capital deal in February 2015. In addition, other companies in the logistics sector such as Glovo have also completed a financing round and Hubbl participates in Connector's accelerator programme.
Perseo, Iberdrola's venture capital arm, invests in Sunfunder
New technologies, together with alternative financing, are gradually making it possible to obtain energy in places that were previously unthinkable and to care for the environment. Perseo, Iberdrola's venture capital programme, has invested in Sunfunder, which finances off-grid solar energy projects in emerging countries. In addition, 15 Spanish companies have been chosen to participate in the European programme against climate change, Climate-kic, and Bornay, the renewable energy company from Alicante, is developing a crowdfunding campaign so that NGOs can obtain its product free of charge.