Airbnb, the platform for booking accommodation from local hosts in over 191 countries, has made another acquisition, and this time it is a Spanish company, Trip4real. This startup connects travellers with locals to do activities. About Trip4...
What M&A deals are you seeing in the beverage sector?
In the last three months, we have detected operations in the winery sector with the aim of growing internationally. As many foreign companies have decided to invest in Spain as Spanish companies have invested abroad. In addition, a private equity fund, Qualitas Equity Partners, has also seen an opportunity in the food sector and has invested in Vintae.
Helios buys Quirón What other operations have there been in the hospital sector?
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.
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.
Accenture makes purchases in the digital world
With the acquisition of Tecnilógica and MOBGEN, Accenture is increasing its capabilities in the ideation, development and operation of new digital solutions. In the words of Juan Pedro Moreno himself, Chairman of Accenture Spain, Portugal and Israel: “This is the new Accenture...
American Monotype buys Spanish image promotion company Olapic.
Monotype, a Nasqad-listed typeface design company, has bought for $130M Olapic, a startup founded by 3 Spaniards in 2010 that has developed a tool that allows any company to interact with its customers through photographs.
Swedish industrial automation communication company HMS buys Spanish company Intesis Software
HMS Industrial Networks, listed on Nasqad in Stockholm, has acquired all the shares of Intesis Software, a leading Spanish provider of advanced communications solutions and systems integration for building automation.
Izertis, the technology consultancy firm, continues to grow and buys the Basque Desinor and the Catalan Alsys.
Izertis is a high value-added technology consultancy and ICT solutions provider operating in various sectors such as telco, tourism, engineering and distribution, which has managed to grow and expand geographically during these years of crisis thanks to a policy of...
Beabloo, a specialist in digital marketing onmicanal and Big Data has bought Metriplica, focused on online analytics.
Technology company Beabloo has bought online analytics company Metriplica for €2M to improve the services Beabloo provides to its customers, making progress in attracting online consumers to physical shops. Customers will be able to link...
UK-based Allergy therapics group completes acquisition of Spanish company Alerpharma
The €3.8M purchase of Spain's Allerpharma by UK-based Allergy Therapics was announced nine months ago and the deal has recently been completed. The sale and purchase agreement includes an additional payment of up to €2M depending on the results to be achieved.....
