The German group Fresenius Helios, after the acquisition of Quirón, the Spanish leader in private hospitals, will control around 10% of the private hospital network in Spain. Some 43 hospitals, with annual sales of around €2.3 billion.

What is Cabiedes & Partners investing in?
Cabiedes has recently entered the capital of Tviso, an aggregator of on-demand television platforms. We take a look at the investments that Cabiedes and Partners have made in the last year.
Nextail, which applies big data to shop inventory management, receives a €1.6M round of funding
Nextail is a Spanish company founded in 2014, already operating in Spain, Italy, France and Russia, with plans to expand into the UK next year. The company has just closed a round led by Nauta Capital.
Inveready launches new fund for tech startups
Inveready has successfully launched its second investment vehicle focused on investing in technology-based companies using Venture Debt financing, Inveready Venture Finance II. The venture capital company, managed by the management company Inveready Asset Management SGEIC, is pending registration with the CNMV and expects to make its first investments in the coming months.
New additions to the MAB: Voztelecom and Atrys Health
In July, two new companies joined the MAB in the expansion capital category. One in the biotechnology sector, Atrys Health, and another in the telecommunications sector, Voztelecom. In addition, listed companies such as Mosmovil and Ab Biotics are making deals.
Dassault Systems, virtualisation software company, acquires Cst and Ortems in 2016
Dassault Systems provides companies and individuals with the virtual universes needed to design sustainable innovations. The French company, which in 2015 ranked second only to SAP in the European software market, has made 16 acquisitions since 2010. In July, it announced the acquisition of two companies: Cst and Ortems.

WebCargo: Israeli freight management company buys out Spanish competitor
Spanish freight management company WebCargo has been acquired by Israeli Freightos and together they have become leaders in their sector.

Logicales, the systems integrator, is growing in analytics by buying Lantares and Trovus and does not rule out further acquisitions.
"Analytics is a fundamental element of the SMAC model, providing the practical insight essential to driving innovation in the organisation and gaining a competitive advantage from disparate data," Logicalis says. As evidence of this, in May, both the Spanish and UK divisions made acquisitions in the big data analytics sector.
Fast track innovation call to support the market introduction of innovative solutions will be launched soon.
Fast track innovation is a grant within the H2020 framework, to finance activities of commercialisation of products but also services, processes and business models, carried out between 3 and 5 entities from at least 3 EU countries or associated members. This grant started in 2015, with 3 calls per year and in 2016 has followed the same plan. The last call will open in October.
What is venture capital investing in the Basque Country in 2016?
Rotecnia, Deltalab, Isetic Technology, Intelligent Parking and Inteliigent Delivery have raised funding in the first half of the year thanks to venture capital funds. Talde has invested in Rotecna and Deltalab Talde, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is...
Accenture makes purchases in the digital world
Con la adquisición de Tecnilógica y MOBGEN, Accenture aumenta sus capacidades de ideación, desarrollo y operación de nuevas soluciones digitales. En palabras del propio Juan Pedro Moreno, presidente de Accenture España, Portugal e Israel: “Éste es el nuevo Accenture...
In 2015, investments in big data companies accounted for 11% of total venture capital investments.
By the end of this year, the big data analytics market is expected to reach $16.9B in revenues, up 5% from 2015. Among the sectors in which big data will grow the most in the coming years are manufacturing and banking, which are expected to be the fastest-growing...