Asturiana de Laminados is listed on Mab under the name Elzinc, in order to raise resources for growth. The company is currently expanding: it has launched new products and entered new geographical markets.
M&A technology companies, what have been the biggest exits in our country in the last year?
In the last five years, sales in technology companies have doubled, exceeding €1.8 billion. This growth is due to the exit of the crisis in our country and the growth of the startup ecosystem. What have been the biggest sales in the period 2016-2017? We have detected 4 technology companies that have been bought by foreign investors for a price greater than €100M. All of them had previously completed investment rounds.
Identity management investment hits records in the first quarter of 2017
Cybersecurity with a market figure of up to $122.4B in 2016, is one of the fastest growing sectors.An increasingly hot area within the cybersecurity industry is Identity Management, in the first quarter of 2017 there were a total of 35 deals in the sector.
Linkcare, collaborative medicine platform, receives €5M round and moves into China
Linkcare, which was born in Hospital Clínic, is a collaborative medicine platform. The company has just agreed the entry into its shareholding of Guangzhou Global Star Investment, a Chinese fund that will inject about €5M for a majority stake, conditional on the company moving its headquarters to the business park in Canton.
Tecnocratica Data Centre, buys the hosting company Vorneo
Tecnocrática Centro de Datos has bought from Vorneo the part of the business corresponding to hosting, servers and derivatives, except for the part of consultancy and other minor services. It has also hired part of the company's technical team.
MásMóvil: a good example on the MAB, now calls a meeting to move from the MAB to the stock exchange
The company passed the €500M market capitalisation requirement in September, where it must remain for six months before it can switch from the MAB to the stock market. MásMóvil has already reached €600M in value. The company plans to make this leap in 2017, before the summer, after having delayed it on many occasions. If listed on the MAB, Masmovil would be the first MAB-listed company to make the leap to the continuous market.
Pop Places, the Spanish company that rents out shops by the hour, merges with the German company Go-Popup.
PopPlaces.com, el ‘marketplace’ español dedicado a alquiler de espacios comerciales por días para ‘pop-up stores’ o eventos, avanza en su crecimiento internacional y ha culminado la fusión con la empresa alemana Go-PopUp.
Telefónica buys German big data company to gain insight into consumer behaviour
The company, through its German subsidiary Telefónica NEXT, has reached an agreement to acquire the German startup Minodes, which specialises in technology for analysing customer data in shops anonymously.
AEESD 2017: Government earmarks €80M to boost R&D&I in the ICT sector
The AEESD aims to strengthen the competitiveness and internationalisation of Spanish companies, mainly SMEs. Among the technologies that will benefit from this aid are 5G connectivity, massive data processing, computing and...
What's on the Mab so far in 2017?
Masmovil, a Mab listed company, has grown by 78% so far this year. In addition, more and more funds are looking to invest in Mab companies. Also in the news this week is that Mab is asking for the same tax treatment as other EU markets and the continuous market.
Emergency location app Alpify receives €1M funding round
Alpify ha cerrado una ronda de €1M con el objetivo de ampliar su mercado, haciendo evolucionar su app con nuevas funcionalidades y poder crecer en el mercado internacional. La ronda ha estado liderada por el RACC —especialista en servicios de asistencia personal,...
SocialDiabetes receives €1.6m from Europe to expand internationally
SocialDiabetes was the only Health project to receive investment under the innovative SME instrument of the European Horizon 2020 programme. The platform has thus obtained the highest score in terms of impact, excellence, quality and efficiency of implementation.