The boom in advertising and new technologies is increasing investor interest in this sector. Since 2010, 4 advertising agencies, through their funds, have been involved in 52 investment rounds, totalling $500M.
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Media Sector USA: VCs Invest $331M in 60 Startups
Media startups raise $33M in 60 deals in 2013, an increase of 117% in funding over the previous year and 30% in the number of deals.
Venture Capital and Venture Capital in Ireland
2014 looks like a promising year for venture capital and Venture Capital in Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the government agency responsible for supporting Irish companies has done 11 deals in the last 6 months.
Axon Partners €10M Fund for Andalusian Startups
Axon Partners Group, an international investment firm, has launched a new fund to invest in early stage Spanish companies in the digital economy sector in Andalusia. The ICT II Fund has approximately €10 million in assets from private investors and the JEREMIE (European Investment Fund) initiative in Andalusia managed by the Innovation and Development Agency of Andalusia (IDEA), a body attached to the Regional Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment.
Corporate moves 2013 in the ICT sector in Spain
According to Capital&corporate data, during 2013 a total of 90 corporate transactions were carried out in the Spanish ICT sector with a total of €406M invested. The purchase of Arsys' 79% by 1&1 for €140M and the purchase of softonic International's 30% by Partners group stand out for their size.
Wearable technology, driven by venture capital in 2013
Wearable technology raised $248M in venture capital funding in 2013, in a total of 49 deals. The number of rounds for wearable technology startups increased by 150% and the volume of investment by 80%.
Venture capital drives language learning apps
Among the companies for learning languages through apps, 5 stand out as having received several rounds of funding and topping the app store charts.
Venture capital sees cybersecurity as a source of opportunity
Since 2009 to date venture capital has invested $2.9B in Tics security and so far this year 26 rounds have been closed raising a total of $150M. The need for security has increased early stage rounds. In the first four months of 2013 16 seed capital companies raised $4.9M.
Resounding success of the Barcelona World Congress
Last week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was attended by more than 85,000 people from 201 different countries and attracted executives from the world's largest telephone operators, software, equipment suppliers, internet companies and industrial sectors such as automotive, finance and health, including Zuckerberg from Facebook, Korum from whatsapp and Rometty from IBM.
US Venture Capital 2013 at highest levels since 2008
Después de 3 años consecutivos de crecimiento en el número de operaciones de «Private equity», en el 2013 ha caído un 14%. A pesar de ello, el capital invertido ha crecido hasta alcanzar niveles más altos post-crisis con $426bn gracias a 13 operaciones de gran tamaño (>2,5bn$). Entre ellas están incluidas las dos más grandes desde el 2008 protagonizadas por inversores corporativos: Dell por $24,5Bn y Heinz por $23,2Bn. El paso de inversión ha crecido trimestre a trimestre, alcanzando en el tercer trimestre los niveles más altos desde 2008.
Top 10 Biggest Funding Rounds in the Education ICT Sector
The 10 largest funding rounds in the ICT sector raised a total of $600M in 2013, the majority of which were in early stage companies.
Venture capital participates in mobile BAAS
Venture capital has invested $150M since 2010 in Baas, the connection between mobile applications and cloud services. There have not yet been many sales in the sector, limited to smaller acquisitions.