Kantox, the fintech company that operates in the exchange of currencies for companies, has closed a €5 million round raised by its own shareholders. Co-founder and CEO Philippe Gelis confirmed yesterday that the round will bring the company closer to break even, which is expected to be reached "by the end of 2017".
Easy Payment Gateway, fintech company operating in Spain, closes €6M round
Easy Payment Gateway, a payment and fraud gateway, has just closed an investment round of six million euros. This is the third round closed by the startup, which defines itself as a platform for managing and configuring all means of payment of a company, as well as all fraud tools.
ICF's Capital Expansion fund invests €1M in Whisbi Technologies, a Spanish sales process digitisation company
The aim of the round is to boost the internationalisation and growth of this Catalan company, especially in the North American market.
Grifols buys 40% from Kiro Robostics for €12.8M, taking control of 90% of the company.
Kiro Robotics, now called Kiro Grifols, develops machines and equipment to automate or control key points in hospital processes, especially hospital pharmacy services, including Kiro Oncology, which automatically prepares intravenous medication for chemotherapy treatments in hospital pharmacies, minimising the margins of error in the preparation of medication and the risk to healthcare professionals.
GED Venture Capital has invested in Vitro, a Spanish in vitro diagnostics and laboratory software company.
Ged buys the 51% from Andalusian company Vitro to help it expand internationally in the market for in vitro diagnostic products and laboratory software.
Ironhack, the Spanish web design and programming training company receives a €2.6M round of funding
Ironhack, the Spanish bootcamp, receives a €2.6M round to grow geographically and make advances in its technology. The round has been led by JME ventures.
Juan Roig buys Sothis Group, an IT solutions company for Industry 4.0
Angels Capital, the investment arm of Mercadona chairman Juan Roig, has bought Sothis' 100%, which last year had a €30m turnover.
Cybereason, a company that uses artificial intelligence to deliver cybersecurity solutions, receives $100M
Cybersecurity firm Cybereason, which helps combat real-time cyber-attacks using artificial intelligence and counts Lockheed Martin SoftBank and Motorola among its clients, has received $100M in its fourth round.
UK-based fraud prevention company Callcredit buys Spanish company Confirma
With the purchase, the company - which develops innovative products and specialised services to help make smarter decisions - comes to Spain to strengthen its international presence and incorporate Confirma's anti-fraud and anti-money laundering tools into its portfolio of solutions.
Dominion buys the Phone House for €55M
The Basque group Global Dominion has reached an agreement with the British Dixons Carphone to buy The Phone House España, a distributor of telephone devices and services, for 55 million euros.
Finizens, the investment management robot, receives €4M
Finizens, the investment management robot, has announced a €4 million capital increase. The capital increase stems from Finizens' meteoric growth since its inception six months ago and the confidence of investors in its business model.
We are Sinapsis, digital marketing and app development consultancy buy Vian ecommerce, specialised in Magento.
Somos Sinapsis has closed the purchase of the firm specialising in the development of eCommerce solutions based on Magento, also based in Barcelona.