Private equity is investing in companies that provide software solutions for portfolio management. Efront has been bought by Brige point and Gi Partners bought MRI Software, both of which were bought after the technology companies had made buyouts in the sector.
Hotelbeds and Mytwinplace: Tourism sector attracts investors
Last week we learned that Cinven completed the largest Spanish VC deal in recent years by buying Hotelbeds for €1.165M, and Mytwinplace also closed a round led by Inveready.
Nokia buys health gadget company Withings and enters E-health world
The Finnish giant has seen the opportunity that the e-health sector can offer and has bought the company Withing for $170M. The E-health sector has a lot of potential: the market is demanding it and this makes investors interested in the sector.
Italy's CAD IT buys 30% from Financial Software Stock Exchange
CAD IT has acquired SFB's 30% in order to strengthen its presence in the European software market, with the option to acquire a further 21% in 2018 and existing shareholders selling up to the remaining 49%.
Mahou, how a family business can become a leader in its sector
Mahou San Miguel has reached a pre-agreement to acquire the 74% of the Valencian distribution company Cermadis. This purchase is the 7th in the last 6 years. Here is a brief summary of the acquisitions made by Mahou in recent years.
Vente-privee buys competitor Privalia
France's Vente-Prive, which specialises in the sale of online stock, has bought its Spanish competitor Privalia, for a price that although not disclosed is estimated to be around €500M. This operation responds to the objective of strengthening its presence in France and Spain, with the creation of an e-commerce giant of €2,500M. With this operation, the French giant aims to grow by 40% internationally.
M&A media: Prisa buys Carvajal solutions to strengthen its presence in the education sector and Cairo launches a takeover bid for Unidad editorial.
Spanish media group Prisa bought the education business of Colombian group Carvajal in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Ecuador for around €16.8M. Prisa buys Carvajal's education business In 2015 Prisa sold 56% of...
Econocom, European leader in digital transformation buys Caverin Solutions
Econocom, the French joint venture, a technological benchmark in Europe in design, financing and support for companies in their digital transformation, continues its international expansion plan and in December bought Caverin Solutions, a Spanish company that provides ICT services.
Prosegur goes shopping: Miv Gesión, Dognaedis and SBV Services
Prosegur has gone shopping in 2016 and so far this year has made 3 acquisitions, to strengthen its cybersecurity division, a market it entered in 2014, to enter South Africa, a new market where it had no activity, and to strengthen the market for valuable goods.
Lara family buys 5.75% stake in Catalan newspaper
Many say that the print media is dead, but in the last year we have seen acquisitions in the sector. This month we learned that the Lara family, owner of the Prisa group, bought a stake in the Cataluña newspaper and last year Heraldo de Aragón bought 20 minutos and is now considering buying 5 días. These media offer both online and print services, maybe it is a good tactic to buy cheap and boost the digital part.
Corporate operations in the field of education in Spain: Busuu and International School BCN
After Linkedin's macro purchase of Lynda, an online training and video tutorials platform, for $1,500M, it seems that transactions in the education sector have been growing with new technologies as the main protagonist. In Spain, although we have not yet seen any large deals, we have seen some transactions in the education sector over the last year.
Acquisitions in the food sector: Portobello Capital and Ebro Foods
Portobello Capital is once again interested in the food sector and buys the Murcian company Ramón Sabater. In addition, Ebro Food, which is pursuing a policy of expansion through acquisitions, has bought the French company Celnat. Portobello buys the Murcian Ramón Sabater...