UK mobile financial services company Vipera has acquired Spain's SoftTelecom Desarrollos I Mas D (SoftTelecom), which specialises in software solutions for banking customers, for €1.3 million.
Ricoh acquires Techno Trends, a Spanish company specialising in remote business solutions
Japanese multinational Ricoh buys the 100% from Techno Trends, a leading provider of meeting room, telepresence and unified communications solutions, strengthening its digital workplace transformation business.

Private equity fund GPF Capital closes its first exit in Acuntia
GPF Capital, a private equity fund focused on Spanish SMEs, sells 85% of the shares of Acuntia, an ICT company, to Vinci Energies España. The remaining capital will remain in the hands of the company's senior management.
Valencian startup Sales Layer raises €1.2M in its second round of funding
Sales Layer, a startup specialising in Product Information Management, raises €1.2M in a funding round led by investment funds Swanlaab Venture Factory and Global Omnium.
Abra Invest joins Baker Tilly, the world's 9th largest professional services network
On 1 September 2017, Abra Invest formalised an integration agreement with the international professional services network Baker Tilly International, the world's 9th largest network in terms of turnover according to the International Accounting Bulletin (IAB), with offices in more than 150 countries...
Spanish FinTech startup Billin receives €1.5M in new investment round
Billin, the Madrid-based company that offers an invoicing management platform dubbed "the dropbox of invoices", has closed a €1.5M investment round backed by Kibo Ventures, K Fund, and business angel Carlos González Cadenas.
The investment fund Columbus Venture Patners and Asklepios will invest up to €9M in the bio sector in Gipuzkoa.
The venture capital fund Columbus and the US company Asklepios set up the joint venture Viralgen to invest in the opening of a viral vector plant in San Sebastian.
The German group KPS acquires the Catalan consulting firm ICE, specialised in SAP.
The German consulting firm KPS, advised by Baker Tilly, joins the wave of acquisitions in the SAP segment, and buys the Catalan ICE Consultants in order to strengthen its presence in southern Europe and expand its portfolio of services.
Typeform, a Spanish digital forms company, receives €29M
Typeform, the Spanish leader in web forms, raises more than €29M in a round led by General Atlantic. The company has tripled its turnover in the last year and has been included in the list of the 100 'hottest' startups in Europe by Wired magazine.
Blinkfire, social media campaign analytics startup, closes €1.34M round
Blinkfire, a startup founded in 2013 to measure the impact of advertising in sports, has received its second round of investment of €1.34 million.
Equinix buys Spanish data centre Itconic for €215M
The Carlyle Group has sold Itconic, the largest provider of neutral data centre, connectivity and cloud infrastructure solutions in Spain and Portugal. The buyer was Equinix, Inc. a Nasdaq-listed company specialising in interconnection and data centre services. The purchase price amounted to €215M. The agreement was signed on 8 September 2017, and the acquisition is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2017, subject to regulatory approvals.
Alantra launches new fund to invest in Spanish companies and a new debt fund
Alantra is finalising the launch of its new investment fund focused on taking minority positions in small and medium-sized listed companies in the Iberian market. This vehicle, the third of its kind to be launched by the firm, will have a size of between...