Lingokids, a Spanish startup that develops language teaching services for children aged 2 to 6, has closed a new $4 million financing round led by investment funds Holtzbrinck Ventures and JME Venture Capital.
Signaturit raises €2.8M in its second investment round
Signaturit, a Spanish electronic signature company, has announced the closing of its second investment round for €2.8M. In addition to having Sabadell bank as investor backer, the company has added new investors such as Nero Ventures and Faraday Venture Partners. This round has been favoured by the achievement of an SME instrument.
Nektria, the platform for e-commerce logistics optimisation receives €2M
Nektria, a Spanish company to improve e-commerce logistics, receives €2M to increase its workforce and grow in the European market.
Spanish biotech gets backing from investors: 4 companies raised more than €3M in May
Anaconda Biomed, Vivacell, Devicare and Apta Targets are the Spanish biotechs that have secured investor backing in May with the aim of bringing their products to market.
Beonprice, a company that applies big data to the hotel industry, closes a €1.4M round
The venture capital fund 'K Fund' is betting on the algorithm developed by this company to maximise hotels' profits, based on their competition and customer segmentation.
Spanish fund Seaya Ventures leads round in Edtech company Yogome
Yogome has received an investment of $6M (5.4 million euros) from Seaya Ventures, the Spanish venture capital fund led by Beatriz González and Michael Kleindl. Variv Capital and Endeavor Catalyst have also participated in this Series A round with another 600,000$.
Cybersecurity investment hits new record high in first 5 months of 2017, with companies valued at more than $1B
In the first 5 months of 2017, the number of investments made in the cybersecurity sector has reached a new record high, reaching 190 deals, which is 20% compared to the same period last year. Although we have detected large rounds in the sector, there have also been several seed/angel rounds. This is a sign that new innovative solutions are being created in response to emerging attacks. Which companies are receiving support from investors?
New Venture Capital Funds: Arcano, Alta life Science and Suma Capital
Spanish venture capital is in vogue. A few days ago we learned of the funds selected in the 8th Fondico call and several firms have announced the imminent launch of new funds. Among them we have detected funds focused on technology, healthcare and energy.
Verse, the mobile app that facilitates person-to-person payments, closes €18M round
Verse, the mobile app for person-to-person payments, has announced the closing of its new funding round worth $20.5M, or €18.5M, to expand into new countries, consolidate in existing ones, launch new products and continue to grow.
Restb.ai , which uses artificial intelligence to recognise images receives €1.2M
Restb.ai, specialising in image recognition-based business solutions, has received a €1.2M investment to support its expansion. The round was backed by Lanta Capital, Capitana Venture Partners, Athos Capital and Tandem Capital and US investor Court Westcott LLC.
Ontruck , a technology company in the logistics sector, raises €9.2M
With this new capital inflow, the on-demand logistics platform created in Spain reaffirms its objective of reinventing the transport logistics market, a sector that generates 10 billion dollars (9.2 billion euros).
Devicare, a Spanish medical device company, receives €3M
Devicare, founded in 2012 in Barcelona, is a company specialising in innovative medical devices for the home care of chronic patients under the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) concept.