On 24 April, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (MINETUR) signed 3 agreements with Enisa with the aim of setting the characteristics and budgets available for the 2015 financing lines. The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism will allocate €98.319M for this purpose.
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Basque Country M&A news: Jauregui, Teknia ,La Salve and others.
Basque companies are active. The industrial companies Jauregui and Teknia have gone on a buying spree to consolidate their customer portfolios. In addition, the beer company La Salve has received support from Mahou to build its own brewery in Bilbao. In addition...
Spri Programme "Industria digitala" application of ICTs in industrial SMEs
On 21 April, the deadline for applications for aid granted by Spri for the incorporation of Electronics, Information and Communications Technologies (EICTs) in industrial manufacturing SMEs opened.
BASQUE INDUSTRY 4.0: Technology Transfer of R&D in ICTs applied to Advanced Manufacturing
Spri has opened the deadline for the Basque Industry 4.0 grants, to support Technology Transfer Projects from "technology suppliers" to industrial manufacturing companies, in the field of EICTs (Electronics, Information and Telecommunications Technologies) applied to Advanced Manufacturing, which have a demonstration effect and therefore allow accelerating the transfer to the market of the results of R&D projects in EICTs.
Using Big Data for semantic analysis gets funding.
In the last two months two Spanish Big Data companies that use natural language processing for semantic analysis: Bitext and Sentisis, have received the backing of investors. Moreover, in recent years the number of companies in the sector has grown considerably.
CDTI support for the preparation of Community proposals (APC) H2020
The CDTI will soon open the application period for H2020 grants for the preparation of proposals for research and innovation actions and SME instrument actions in phase II.
Perseo, Iberdrola's venture capital arm, invests in Sunfunder
New technologies, together with alternative financing, are gradually making it possible to obtain energy in places that were previously unthinkable and to care for the environment. Perseo, Iberdrola's venture capital programme, has invested in Sunfunder, which finances off-grid solar energy projects in emerging countries. In addition, 15 Spanish companies have been chosen to participate in the European programme against climate change, Climate-kic, and Bornay, the renewable energy company from Alicante, is developing a crowdfunding campaign so that NGOs can obtain its product free of charge.
H2020 Smart, green and integrated transport
One of the societal challenges of the Horizon2020 programme is to achieve a smart, green and integrated transport system for Europe. It has a budget of €6339M for the period 2014-2020. 30% will go to transport systems and 70% to means of transport.
Springwater takes a stake in Uninvest to back its project
Springwater has entered the venture capital fund of the University of Santiago de Compostela, thus achieving the privatisation of the company, which was in the hands of three Galician universities. The privatisation of the company was necessary to raise funds from the ICO, which has limited its investment to managers and funds with a majority of private capital, forcing Uninvest - whose founding partners include Axis, the ICO's own venture capital company - to spend months analysing formulas for its survival. It has finally decided to consider the exit of universities and other public shareholders.
DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY STRATEGIC ACTION 2015 (AEESD)
The Aeesd 2015 call for proposals is expected to be launched by the end of April. The aim of the call is to develop the digital economy, reduce management costs in the administration and improve the service to citizens, strengthen the Spanish ICT sector as a source of economic growth and...
Sendabio with the help of Abra Invest closes investment round
In April 2015, the Basque biotech company Sendabio has closed an investment round with an industrial partner. This capital injection will enable it to address its growth plan with the internationalisation of its products, initially in Latin America. Sendabio has been advised by Abra Invest for the successful completion of the operation.
Innterconecta 2015 Programme
CDTI has announced the FEDER INNTERCONECTA call for experimental development projects in collaboration between communities with the aim of developing future technologies with international economic and commercial projection. As a novelty, this year it seems that it will be able to be interregional in nature.