Cybersecurity has become a priority area for investors. Last 2015, according to Gartner, organisations spent almost 5% more money than the previous year to strengthen cybersecurity: more than $75,000M. As a result of this...

Cybersecurity has become a priority area for investors. Last 2015, according to Gartner, organisations spent almost 5% more money than the previous year to strengthen cybersecurity: more than $75,000M. As a result of this...
Dominion, Cie automotive's engineering and technology services subsidiary, which went public in April this year, made its first acquisition as a listed company in March.
Minetur has published the forthcoming opening of the call for proposals Industria conectada 4.0, which aims to support the incorporation in industrial companies of knowledge, technologies and innovations aimed at the digitisation of processes and the creation of technologically advanced products and services with greater added value. The date of the call, although not yet published, is expected to be at the end of June.
This week Jobantalent has closed the largest round of funding in the technology sector so far in 2016, and Microsoft has bought the professional network Linkedin for €23.26 billion.
Spain is beginning to follow the model that has been successful in other parts of Europe for decades and we are starting to see university funds to finance Spinouts. In 2016, two universities, one public and one private, have raised funds for this purpose, both managed by Clave Mayor.
Agile, which specialises in audiovisual content management and Big Data for audience segmentation, has acquired Over-The-Top (OTTN), which develops technology for pay-TV platforms, enabling a new TV experience through video-on-demand consumption.
Axis, the venture capital company of the ICO Group, has resolved the sixth call of FOND-ICO Global with the selection of four funds, in which it will invest €71M. These funds will invest around €280 million in Spain, which is almost 4 times the amount that FOND-ICO Global will invest. Given the great reception of this call, a new call is expected to be launched before the summer. According to the planned investment plan, new fund selection calls will continue to be launched depending on the market situation.
Atamaral, an investor specialising in technology companies, has bought 30%, from the technology consultancy Tenentia.
Icontainers joins the waves of rounds in the logistics sector and receives an injection of $6M, the second largest investment so far this year in a Catalan startup.
Excom wants to grow in Spain and it does so through acquisitions and commercial agreements with companies in the sector, proof of which is that in the last year it has bought Wifiways, Central Phone, Ipok and Internet Canarias.
Leading 3D design software firm Solid Angle has gone back to the market and bought Solid Angle, its first Spanish acquisition.
Abac, with €230M, has raised the largest fund in Southern Europe for a start-up fund manager and UC has raised a fund for SMEs that have the potential to grow in Asia, especially in India. Abac raises a €320M fund from foreign investors to invest in...