The Carcorp Impulsa award recognises the fund (national and international) that has most boosted the private equity sector in Spain in the last two years. It is also the only Spanish fund among the TOP 100 European Fund Managers according to PEI (Private Equity International). In 2015 Portobello sold its portfolio of investees bought before 2014 to an American secondary fund and in the last two years has invested in 12 companies.
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Spanish artificial intelligence company Inbenta receives $12M round of funding
"Given the current moment of effervescence of this type of technology, you have to take advantage of the pull to grow more and better. To do this, either you have a lot of cash or you carry out investment rounds. Otherwise, other companies with more muscle like IBM will come along and overtake you, no matter how much you suspect you have better technology. It's a way to be able to invest in R&D and continue to have a good product," says an Inbenta executive.
MAB-listed NBI Bearings buys 3 companies and improves 2016 results
NBI, a bearings company, was floated on the MAB in 2015, after a few years in which the crisis in the sector hit hard. It has managed to recover and is now growing by acquiring companies in order to differentiate itself. It has also opened a new plant in Romania to enter an earlier stage in the value chain.
Zuccheti, the first Italian software company, buys Solmicro, a Spanish business management software company.
Zuccheti has taken over the 100% from Solmicro, a company from Bizkaia, in order to grow in the Latin American market. Solmicro has 22 years of experience in developing technological solutions for the company.
Spain's 4IQ raises $14M to internationalise and gain traction in the cybersecurity analytics market
4IQ, a Spanish cybersecurity company receives its first round of investment from one of the most important investors in cybersecurity, Trident Capital Cybersecurity.
We analyse Indra's valuation of Tecnocom
Indra buys 52.7% of Tecnocom and launches a takeover bid for the remaining shares, valuing the company at €305M.
Isp takes control of Antevenio, a digital marketing and communications company
In September Isp, which was already an Antevenio shareholder, bought 11% of the company, and then launched a takeover bid. ISP now controls 83.09% of Antevenio's capital, whose profit has grown by 58% between January and June 2016.
Accenture wants to grow in cloud solutions, buys New Energy Group
After growing in mobility and Open Source, thanks to the purchase of two companies in the summer, in September Accenture bets on cloud solutions, a sector it already leads in Spain, and buys New Energy Group, a company specialised in Salesforce solutions.....
Palacios buys Quijote and Fuentetaja
Less than a year has passed since the international private equity group Carlyle took control of Palacios and it has already begun to make acquisitions to fulfil its strategy of expansion and diversification.
Miura has invested +€650M in 26 companies since 2008
Miura has just joined Tekman Books, a leading company in Spain in the development and marketing of innovative educational programmes for infant, primary and secondary school students. We analyse the investments made in the last year.
Iproteos and Oryzon: Spanish biotechs with the support of investors and progressing towards the market
Good news for Spanish biotech, Iproteos has received a €1.5M round. Oryzon, which has been receiving venture capital backing since 2009, was able to go public last year and this week, after the good results published for its product, its share price has risen by 40%.
Canada's Enghouse Systems buys Presence Technology for €15.8M
Enghouse, with the acquisition of the company Presence, is another in a wave of acquisitions in the software technology sector with the aim of growing in the Spanish-speaking market.