In 2019, investors are maintaining their confidence in Real Estate in the majority, as there is currently a path of increase in the sector, albeit moderately, with a stabilisation of the main indicators. The improvement in the labour market and financing are two of the main reasons that have made it so competitive.
Mediapro is the leading audiovisual group in Spain and Europe, and is now preparing its IPO. We analyse its latest acquisition, with which it hopes to achieve revenue diversification and a higher valuation.
Next, we look at the legalTech sector, where a number of financing rounds have taken place in companies such as SimpleLegal, Leverton and Avvo.
Next, we analyse the Insurtech sector, where a merger has taken place between the companies Rastreator.com and Acierto.com, the latter bought by the British insurer Admiral Group, as well as rounds of financing that have been raised by Coverfy and Brokoli.
Below, we analyse the example of the company Bizum, which demonstrates the vialbility of the Fintech sector, as well as the latest capital increases carried out in Fintech companies, such as Verse or PLeo.
We take a look at the latest acquisitions in the cybersecurity sector. This is a market that is growing and will continue to grow as the penetration of technological devices increases, which seems to be immovable.
The real estate sector in Spain has grown by more than 4% over the past year, consolidating itself as a strategic sector with a future. The strategy within the sector seems to be changing, and it remains far removed from the great speculations and bubbles of the past.
Prior to 2007, the aim was to have a large amount of construction, even though it seemed difficult for citizens to absorb. However, the current trends seem to be buying and selling used flats in large cities, renting, whether residential or tourist, and redevelopment of large offices in large urban areas.
Due to the boom in the sector and the trend towards the reduction of intermediation in the sector, new players are beginning to emerge and try to take advantage of this to capture business.
We analyse the financing rounds that have taken place in the insurance sector.Bdeo is a national pioneer in the inclusion of visual intelligence at the service of the insurance industry, which helps to simplify the expert process in the assessment of claims. The technology generated by this company goes beyond the calls to the adjusters to make claims, as it allows, without the need to download any application, to make a video call where you can explain the context and give details as well as provide evidence through recordings of the situation.
We analyse the financing rounds carried out in the Smart Home. Homyhub is a start-up that has developed a technology to open garage doors from a mobile app. While the idea seems simple enough, the company has been able to integrate functions that have proved attractive to major automotive market leaders such as Porsche.
We analyse the latest acquisitions of Mediaset, the largest national audiovisual company, which has had to adapt through inorganic acquisitions in order to remain market leaders and continue to diversify. Find out with us which are the three most recent acquisitions.
Finance departments in medium-sized and large companies are increasingly managing to streamline routine actions by automating them through ERP or intelligent systems.
These programmes are increasingly scalable, have a greater number of functionalities and are more integrated, even being able to extract forecasts or detect failures in the processes carried out manually.
Shoppiday, a company specialising in digital marketing, has received a €1m capital increase in order to expand nationally.