On the internet, video content is increasingly becoming the preferred format for consumers. This trend has not escaped Spanish venture capital, which has invested in several companies that work with video.
American venture capital active in the telecommunications sector
The fourth quarter of 2013 saw the largest number of mobile venture capital deals in the US. Investments have gone to large companies such as Uber, Flipboard, and Snapchap, but also to seed capital firms.
Analysing the mobile app market in the USA
According to a study by CBinsights, the average time an app spends in the top 1000 in the iTunes store is 23 days. There is also a wide variation depending on the sector targeted.
Venture capital invests in "access and identity management".
Hackers and hackers are making the digital world an increasingly dangerous place. This is bad news for businesses and states, but not so bad news for innovation hubs like Silicon Valley where cybersecurity is once again attracting the attention of venture capital.
Venture capital investing in home and furniture ecommerce
Last year, investments in ecommerce companies led activity in the new technologies sector. Some of them have in common their relationship with the furniture trade or with the home. Cabiedes was present in the most significant ones.
Venture capital investments in mobility
Venture capital investments in the field of mobility cover a wide range of activities such as payment systems, hotel reservations and fleet management. In recent times, Telefónica and business angels have been particularly active.
Venture capital invests in technologies for the fashion world
The world of fashion has undergone a profound change from the conception of designs to the form of distribution with large textile groups such as Zara, Mango and H&M. Venture capitalists see technology as a tool for new changes.
Andalusia has 4 new venture capital funds for SMEs
The Andalusian innovation agency signed last week the contracts for financial intermediation services with the 4 venture capital managers that won the tender of the EU initiative JEREMIE in October. The winning managers are four well-known venture capital firms in Spain: Avindia, Axon, Alta Partners and Gedsur.
Software investment in Spain is international
Last year, Spanish venture capital made several investments in information technologies dedicated to software development. The international profile of these initiatives and the spin-off origin of some of them is noteworthy.
Venture capital: growing investment in startups for international money transfer
Venture capital is seeing an investment opportunity in startups developing new technologies for international money transfer that help eliminate some of the forms, costs and timescales of traditional systems. In the last 2 years...
Venture capital in Latam: activity in October 2013
Private investment activity such as venture capital and private equity continues to grow in the Latin American region, having surpassed the number of deals in 2012 in October 2013.
Spanish Venture Capital invests in Games Tics
Over the last few years we have witnessed investments by Spanish venture capitalists in the online and mobile games sector. The old model of developing to be bought by the big publishers has passed away, let's look at the new models.