The big brewers operating worldwide, Molson Coors and ABinvev, have invested in Spanish craft beers at the beginning of 2017. Cervezas la Sagra and Cerveza aretesanal española La Virgen, will thus be able to expand in Spain and make inroads abroad.
Kuaderno, a Spanish startup for children to learn English, receives its first investment from Cabiedes
Founded in 2015, Kuaderno is a leading Spanish independent digital platform for learning English for students aged 5 to 15. The objective of the round is to finance the main avenues of growth; improving products and strengthening the intelligent content generation algorithm. In addition to boosting its international growth.
Digital Dimension buys majority stake in mobile marketing specialist Gigigo
A year after buying Nexica, Digital Dimension, a subsidiary of Econocom, is buying another Spanish company, Gigigo, this time a digital mobility solutions company.
New funds in 2017: Sabadell, Alta life sciences and announcement of upcoming funds such as Finaves.
We start the year with the announcement of new funds for technology and healthcare companies. Altai Startups, an American fund, has launched its first fund outside the US and has decided to do so in Barcelona, with expectations of being the largest life sciences investment vehicle created in Spain.
Spain's WerfenLife acquires US-based Accriva Diagnostics for $380M to strengthen its In Vitro Diagnostics division.
WerfenLife, the Catalan medical giant with an annual turnover of €1.175 million, wants to boost its in vitro diagnostics division and has bought Accriva Diagnostics and Germany's Tem. On the other hand, it wants to reduce the weight of its medical devices division and intends to sell Bolton Médica.
The American fund Warburg Pincus is finalising the purchase of Accelya, an airline outsourcing company based in Barcelona.
Warburg Pincus has beaten PAI Partners and Bridgepoint to take over the Spanish company Accelya to create a giant in the world of outsourcing in the tourism sector.
Social Point, Spanish videogame company bought by American Take-Two
Nasqad-listed US video game publisher Take-Two announced on Wednesday the purchase of Catalan video game developer Social Point for €231.5 million.
Which European identity management companies have received funding in 2016?
Although the major identity management technologies are American, in 2016 we have detected several European operations in the sector. The application we have detected that is growing the most is related to online banking.
Eureka calls for proposals open for funding international cooperation projects
EUREKA is a European initiative to support R&D&I that aims to promote technological projects between different countries in order to improve the competitiveness of companies. It encompasses 46 countries of the European Union and in Spain it is managed by the...
Clever Global buys Isoco a few days after going public on the Mab.
On 22 December Clever Global went public on the MAB, carrying out a €2.4M capital increase and a week later announced the acquisition of the Catalan company Isoco, a technology services company aimed at transforming the purchasing function into a strategic process for organisations.
European cybersecurity attracts investors: Darktrace and Silent Circle
European companies in the field of cybersecurity, such as Darktrace and Silentcircle, have raised more than $50M in 2016. Investors include major international investors such as KKR, but also European investors such as Santander.
Virtual and augmented reality, a market with potential that received $1.8B in 2016
In 2016, virtual reality and augmented reality companies attracted $$1.8B from investors. If in 2015 we saw the beginning of a wave of investment rounds in the sector, doubling the number of operations, in 2016 the number of operations has continued to grow, reaching 171 rounds, and the average amount of the rounds has doubled in 2016.