The new digital newspapers are competing to fill the gap left by the big media groups as information and communication media on the Internet. La Communitat has closed a round with the aim of financing "Mediazines", an interactive magazine kiosk launched in January. In April Sabemos, a digital newspaper with €2M of investment, was born. Pedro J's newspaper El español has already raised more than €3.6M from 5000 shareholders before going public.
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Telefónica invests in Sigfox, world's leading provider of a mobile network dedicated to the Internet of Things
France's Sigfox has raised a €115M funding round involving financial and strategic investors from Europe, the US and Asia.
Banco Sabadell creates the Aurica III fund to help the internationalisation of SMEs
Sabadell has launched a €150M fund to invest in growth projects in foreign markets. Of the €150M, €50M will be provided by Sabadell and the rest by family offices and institutional investors. It has also increased capital to buy TSB.
Vitamin K and Kibo ventures invest in iContainers
Kibo Ventures and VitaminaK's investment in Icontainers was the second largest venture capital deal in February 2015. In addition, other companies in the logistics sector such as Glovo have also completed a financing round and Hubbl participates in Connector's accelerator programme.
Crowdlending is winning market share from banks
In Spain, crowdlending with platforms such as Comunitae, has grown by 363% in the last 3 years, being the form of crowdfunding that has experienced the highest growth rate. Crowdlending is already considered a reliable possibility to raise money for companies. Banks around the world cannot remain indifferent to the fees that platforms are getting and are reacting in different ways.
Ecommerce second hand: Percentile, Kirondo, wallapop and other transactions
Second-hand e-commerce is becoming very successful in Spain. In February 2015 this sector has been the protagonist of two major operations, the purchase of Kirondo by Percentil and the financing round of Insight VP in Wallapop.
The new European venture capital law will allow investment in real estate and listed firms.
The new European law regulating L/P investment funds will be implemented in the first half of 2015. Among the new features, the purchase of real estate assets and listed companies will be allowed, although certain conditions must be met.
Telefónica organises the first Open Future showcase at MWC Barcelona 2015
The mobile world congress in Barcelona has been chosen by Telefónica to host its first Open future Showcase, an event not to be missed by private investors, venture capital firms and strategic partners, where the best startups from Asia, America and Europe, chosen by Wayra, Amerigo and Telefonica Ventures, will be presented.
P2P Lending Update 2014
In 2014 the P2P lending market has grown considerably and expectations for the coming year are even higher. The leading countries in the P2P market are the US and the UK. We wanted to analyse how the year went in these countries and the expectations for the sector.
The fintech sector of choice for investors in Spain
The growth of fintech seems to be unstoppable: since 2008, global investment in fintech has tripled from $928M to $3,000M in 2014 and is expected to reach $8,000M in 2018. Although the countries leading the sector in Europe are the United Kingdom and Ireland, Spain is also seeing significant operations such as those carried out in Digital Origin and Peertransfer.
Does the biotech sector in Spain need to concentrate?
2014 has been a good year for the biotech sector in Spain, mainly due to the improvement in public-private collaboration that is being consolidated in the sector. Several acquisitions and mergers have taken place and new venture capital funds focused on biotechnology have appeared.
New developments in biotech funds in Spain (En-2015)
A small number of venture capitalists specialising in biotechnology are consolidating in Spain. Some of them are receiving support from international investors and others are emerging as a result of the attractiveness of Spain for this sector.