According to the OECD, Spain is in the top 10 countries with the highest development in the biotechnology sector. Although we are far from the top centres such as Boston, Silicon Valley, London or Switzerland, the news is encouraging, after a few years in which the scarce access to funding in the sector made things difficult. In the last two years we have witnessed how Spanish biotech companies are obtaining amounts of funding not seen before in the sector.
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Energy House, HolaLuz, Vagalume and Cactus: energy efficiency and renewable energy SMEs to receive funding in March
In the last month we see several energy efficiency and renewable energy companies have received funding both from venture capital firms such as Axon Partners and Collins and from crowdfunding such as Crowdcube.
Ysios capital participates in $68M round in Kala pharmaceuticals
Ysios Capital, Spain's leading private equity firm in the biotech sector, announced on 14 April that it has participated in a $68M round in US-based Kala Pharmaceuticals, which specialises in the development of innovative treatments for eye diseases. We review the investments made by this fund manager.
Who are the most active CVCs and what do they invest in?
According to Pitchburg, since 2010 corporate ventures have invested more than $125B. Moreover, it is worth noting that since 2012 investment has been growing considerably, reaching $36.7B in 2015. Among the sectors that have received the most investment from these funds are technology startups (42%), B2B (21.2%) and healthcare (20.2%).
Biotechnology is supported by investors.
Investment in biotechnology is booming. So far this year, in addition to the fact that several biotech companies such as Imbiomotion have received funding, Ysios, Spanish venture capital focused on the health sector, has raised capital for its fund and a new Caixa Impulse call has been opened.
New Venture Capital Funds: Encomenda Venture, Nazca Capital and Advent
Carlos Blanco after the sale of Akamon and the launch of Nuclio Venture Capital, a Venture Builder, has now launched his new project, Encomenda Venture, a fund manager.
Strengzen and Caixa Innvierte Start, new funds March 2016
Avet Ventures has just launched its first fund to invest in innovative companies. In addition, La Caixa and the CDTI want to help boost the biotechnology sector in our country and have already made the first investment of its Caixa Innvierte Start fund, which will invest in early stage companies in the field of health.
Carlyle buys Digitex: Venture capitalists are interested in the outsourcing industry
In the last year we have seen how large funds have realised the opportunity presented by the European outsourcing market and have decided to invest in the sector. In Spain in particular, yesterday we learned about the purchase of Digitex by Carlyle, but already last September the French fund PAI Partners bought Konecta.
Nuclio, the venture builder founded by Carlos Blanco, is born.
Carlos Blanco starts a new stage, puts an end to Grupo Itnet and founds Nuclio Venture Builder, a company builder of digital and disruptive businesses from which he will promote all his projects from now on.
Venture capital is again interested in fashion: MCH invests in Jeanology
The fashion sector has become one of the main drivers of transaction and M&A activity in the last two years. The existence of an attractive fabric of medium-sized internationalised companies with growth potential and the existence of firms that have had to undertake restructuring or needed funds to launch an internationalisation project, have paved the way for the entry of new partners in some of our best-known national players. In 2016, we have seen MCH invest in Jeanlogía.
IOT investment in manufacturing grows
From our business unit Logic-fin, we have detected that the use of the internet of things in the manufacturing sector is a market that is growing considerably and presents many opportunities that are now coming to light and that is why we have carried out a study of the sector.
Technologies linking labour supply and demand get funding
After Jobantalent's large €23M funding round in 2015, a wave of rounds has begun in companies that make it possible to better unite the parties involved in the labour market. In the words of Felipe Navío, co-founder of jobandtalent, "the employment market needs more dynamism and this transformation cannot only come from regulatory changes that boost employment. It must also come from an improvement in the information and communication of the job offers that exist at any given time". So far this year we have heard of 3 technology companies that have received funding in this area.