According to a report by Hosteltur, the tourism industry is experiencing a wave of acquisitions and mergers that has accelerated globally and in Spain over the last two years. The trend mainly affects the purchase of hotel assets by investment funds or chains, but there is also a strong process of concentrations in intermediation and air transport.
Biotech investment news September 2015: CaixaIpulse, Sanifit and Centauri Biotech
Good news for funding in the biotech sector in the first half of September, the largest round of funding in the history of Spanish biotechnology has been closed. CaixaImpulse has already announced its first 15 companies.

E-learning gets funding: Dada Company, Bussu, Foxize School ,Udance and Didactica Digital
According to a study conducted by UR Global, in recent years, SMEs and startups in the e-learning services sector have been the profile of companies that have most decided to make the international leap, along with other sectors such as digital marketing. In order to grow internationally, it is necessary to have financing. Below we highlight operations in the e-learning sector that have been carried out in the last quarter.
Most active investors in the ICT sector in 2015
Looking for investors for your tech startup? Here are the most active investors in 2015.
Red.es grants for cloud computing solutions for SMEs
RED.ES will open a call in January 2016 to increase the supply of software solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter, "SMEs") in Software as a Service (SaaS) mode, by companies in the information technology and communications sector, improving their competitiveness and positioning in the commercialisation of these solutions.
Energy sector M&A : Gestamp solar, Galenova and Warwick Capital Partners' plants
The end of the energy reform is encouraging some of the main companies to look for partners and to increase the level of integration thanks to the high levels of liquidity in the market. The purchase of solar and wind installations so far this year has already exceeded 1,000M and experts agree that the sector will see new operations in the coming months.
Crowdlending news: Housers, MytripleA and Zencap
Crowdlending has grown in Spain by more than 360% in its first two years, reaching a total volume of €13.7M. It is a type of financing that, although it has just started in our country and is still seen as something new, it has a lot of potential. Bank financing still amounts to 95% in Spain, while in countries such as the United Kingdom or the United States this figure does not exceed 50%.
Acquisitions in the technology sector August 2015: Bebitus and Arloon
Technology companies have not gone on holiday in August and have decided to go shopping, as mergers and acquisitions are all the rage. According to the Global Technology M&A study by the consultancy firm EY, mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector are...
Restructuring fund activity in Spain
Restructuring funds are active, and in recent months we have witnessed both successful divestments, such as Sherpa Capital's divestment of Polibol, and buyouts, such as Phi Industrial's purchase of Barloword logistics....

CDTI-Iberoeka :Cuarta convocatoria bilateral Argentina – España para la financiación de proyectos empresariales de desarrollo e innovación tecnológica
The CDTI (Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) of Spain and the MINCyT (Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation) of the Argentine Republic invite proposals for projects involving effective collaboration in technological development and innovation between companies from both countries in all sectors of industry.
Acquisitions Basque companies: San Jose Lopez, MCM and Biodiesel Bilbao
If in July we wrote a post about the mergers and acquisitions that Basque companies had carried out with the aim of opening up to new markets and strengthening their activity, today we would like to highlight that Basque companies are also of interest to other companies.....

Investment for the biotech sector: Tigenix, Ekuore and Grants4Apps
One of the great challenges of the biotech sector in Spain is the growth of companies in the sector that will make it possible for Spanish biotech companies to be strong and compete in the international market. Getting funding in the sector is complicated but not impossible, in the last month we have witnessed how Spanish companies have grown through acquisitions, public funding and programmes to support startups.