The draft of the H2020 calls for proposals in energy for the 2016/2017 academic year has been published. Energy is one of the challenges in which a greater return has been achieved in Spain in the two years that the H2020 programme has been in force. Below you will find the calendar.
Investment in augmented reality grew by 96% in 2014, from 28 rounds in 2013 to 55 rounds in 2014. Moreover, the companies in the sector are still very young, most of them are less than 5 years old, which shows us the potential of this sector. Among the most frequent uses of this technology are marketing, education, health, training and culture.
In the last month we have seen how Spanish biotech companies are growing and opening up to new markets. Artax Biopharma has just received $10M from American investors, PharmaMar has started selling its product in Japan and Mind The Byte has just opened a subsidiary in Copehenague.
Up to August this year, start-ups in the technology sector have received a total of €277.21M, which is 26.67% more than in the same period last year. Among the subsectors in which most investment is being made are fintech, security, ecommerce and marketing. Abra-Invest wanted to review some startups in these sectors that have received funding rounds in September.
The CDTI carries out a series of international cooperation programmes with the aim of strengthening the "Spain Brand" in relation to research and business leadership in key sectors of our economy, boosting the international presence of innovative Spanish companies and encouraging participation in commercial networks and global markets.
On 25 November the h2020 SME instrument programme closes, an accelerator programme for SMEs with the aim of introducing innovative products and services with high growth potential into the market. The programme is carried out in two phases, the first to explore and analyse the technical feasibility and market potential and the second is aimed at final prototyping, miniaturisation, demonstration, piloting, validation and market adaptation.
According to Cbinsight, in 2014 alone, investment in cybersecurity was $2.5 billion and more than 240 deals were completed. In Spain, we have also witnessed that investors are pinning their hopes on the sector. In less than a month, two Spanish companies have received funding: Buguroo and AlientVault, and the first accelerator for cybersecurity companies in Spain has been created.
According to TTR's monthly report, capital raised by private equity funds in Spain increased by 101% in August compared to the same month last year. The number of transactions increased to 13, compared to 11 in August 2014. By sector, the most active sectors in August were real estate, with 23 deals; technology, with 11, and the Internet and health, hygiene and aesthetics sectors, both with 5 deals.
ABRA INVEST, would like to present an investment opportunity in the eHealth sector and invite you to the webinar for investors that will take place next Wednesday 30th September at 17h00 (Madrid time, GMT+2).
So far in 2015 there have been more than 126 financing rounds in the energy sector. Within this sector, renewable energies have had a lot of weight for some years now, but in the last two years we have seen that investment in energy efficiency is gaining ground. From 2013 to 2014, investments in energy efficiency grew by 42%.
According to Ascri, in 2015 investment in the food sector will grow in our country. We have made a post with acquisitions in the food sector made in the last two months in which we can see that foreign investors are interested in the food sector in Spain. Colombina, a Colombian company, has acquired Taboada and Frutarom, an Israeli company, has bought Nutrafur.
The CDTI of the Government of Spain and the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) of the Government of Mexico signed a Collaboration Agreement in 2008 with the aim of promoting industrial, technological and scientific cooperation between companies and research centres in both countries.