Ysios Capital, Spain's leading private equity firm in the biotech sector, announced on 14 April that it has participated in a $68M round in US-based Kala Pharmaceuticals, which specialises in the development of innovative treatments for eye diseases. We review the investments made by this fund manager.
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New call Feder Innterconecta for interregional R&D cooperation projects
The new Feder Innterconecta call to promote interregional R&D cooperation through the development of innovative technologies, with economic and commercial projection at international level between the following communities is expected to open soon: Andalusia, Asturias, Galicia, Canary Islands, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia. From Abra-Invest we wanted to review the projects approved last year.
Vente-privee buys competitor Privalia
France's Vente-Prive, which specialises in the sale of online stock, has bought its Spanish competitor Privalia, for a price that although not disclosed is estimated to be around €500M. This operation responds to the objective of strengthening its presence in France and Spain, with the creation of an e-commerce giant of €2,500M. With this operation, the French giant aims to grow by 40% internationally.
Who are the most active CVCs and what do they invest in?
According to Pitchburg, since 2010 corporate ventures have invested more than $125B. Moreover, it is worth noting that since 2012 investment has been growing considerably, reaching $36.7B in 2015. Among the sectors that have received the most investment from these funds are technology startups (42%), B2B (21.2%) and healthcare (20.2%).
M&A media: Prisa buys Carvajal solutions to strengthen its presence in the education sector and Cairo launches a takeover bid for Unidad editorial.
Spanish media group Prisa bought the education business of Colombian group Carvajal in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Ecuador for around €16.8M. Prisa buys Carvajal's education business In 2015 Prisa sold 56% of...
Emplea 2016: Subsidy for the recruitment of technologists
The Emplea 2016 call for applications was opened on 4 April 2016, grants for the recruitment of technologists to carry out R&D&I activities and will be open until 4 May 2016.
Biotechnology is supported by investors.
Investment in biotechnology is booming. So far this year, in addition to the fact that several biotech companies such as Imbiomotion have received funding, Ysios, Spanish venture capital focused on the health sector, has raised capital for its fund and a new Caixa Impulse call has been opened.
Econocom, European leader in digital transformation buys Caverin Solutions
Econocom, the French joint venture, a technological benchmark in Europe in design, financing and support for companies in their digital transformation, continues its international expansion plan and in December bought Caverin Solutions, a Spanish company that provides ICT services.
New Venture Capital Funds: Encomenda Venture, Nazca Capital and Advent
Carlos Blanco after the sale of Akamon and the launch of Nuclio Venture Capital, a Venture Builder, has now launched his new project, Encomenda Venture, a fund manager.
53 projects have been selected for the Neotec 2015 grant
Neotec is a cdti programme to support the creation and consolidation of new technology-based companies, through a non-refundable grant that covers 70% of the operating budget for the first two years. The beneficiaries were announced in March 2016....
Prosegur goes shopping: Miv Gesión, Dognaedis and SBV Services
Prosegur has gone shopping in 2016 and so far this year has made 3 acquisitions, to strengthen its cybersecurity division, a market it entered in 2014, to enter South Africa, a new market where it had no activity, and to strengthen the market for valuable goods.
Lara family buys 5.75% stake in Catalan newspaper
Many say that the print media is dead, but in the last year we have seen acquisitions in the sector. This month we learned that the Lara family, owner of the Prisa group, bought a stake in the Cataluña newspaper and last year Heraldo de Aragón bought 20 minutos and is now considering buying 5 días. These media offer both online and print services, maybe it is a good tactic to buy cheap and boost the digital part.