Companies that offer solutions to get fit in a healthy and natural way are growing. In April we have witnessed how Dietox has received a round of funding and Naturhouse has gone public.
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Major Spanish participation in H2020 2014
495 Spanish companies obtained funding in 2014 from H2020 to finance R&D&I projects, ranking third in the EU-28. In addition, Spanish companies lead the SME instrument programme.
Hotusa, crazy4media, Avet ventures and Victoria VC: New funds (April 2015)
It seems that venture capital is reactivating, in the month of April we have received news of the opening of new funds that have technology startups as protagonists.
Grants under the Programme for Foreign Business Investment in R&D Activities
Mineco has opened the deadline for applications for aid to promote investment in R&D by foreign companies operating in Spain. Investment in plants, equipment, human resources and technology will be supported, with the aim of contributing to improving the competitiveness and productivity of the Spanish economy, and the deadline for applications is 27 June.
MHC, Qualitis, Carlye and Cabiedes: Venture capital divestments April
Spanish private equity funds have disinvested in April. Some of them in favour of foreign companies such as MHC and Qualitis.
CDTI- Iberoeka, Spain-Uruguay, second call for R&D projects
The CDTI (Spain) and ANII (Uruguay) open a bilateral call to select and finance collaborative R&D projects between companies from both countries, open to all sectors of industry. The deadline for submitting the first call is 15 September 2015, the call will be carried out in two phases, in the first phase the projects will be presented and in the second phase the projects that have passed the first phase will be able to apply for funding to the national funding agencies.
International M&A in March: Grifols, Cisca, Suara and Percentil
Spanish companies go on a buying spree. In March, Grifols, Cisca, Suara and Percentil bought foreign companies in their sectors. In addition, foreign investors such as Klépierre and Carlos Slim have also shown interest in Spain.
AEESD 2015 call for proposals opens
Yesterday, 20th May, the 2015 call for proposals for the Strategic Action for the Digital Economy and Society (AEESD) for the year 2015 was opened. The main new features are that the % grant has been increased and can reach 50% for SMEs depending on the qualification and that projects must be individual and consortiums cannot apply. Below is a summary of the most important conditions.
Santagloria, Viscofan, Buyfresco: investments in the food sector (March 2015)
Venture capital is interested in the food sector, Nazca, Portobello and DaruanVC have made investments in this sector in March 2015. In addition, Frutarom, an Israeli company, has bought the Spanish company Ingrenat.
Neotec: CDTI support for technology companies
At the end of July, the CDTI is expected to open the Neotec call, which aims to support the creation and consolidation of new technology-based companies. Although the CDTI is still reviewing the conditions, it seems that this year the aid will be converted into a grant and will have an annual call, open for two months.
Percentile, Idealista, Mamuky and other technology sector M&A (March 2015)
In the month of March 2015, we highlight 5 purchase operations that have had Spanish companies as protagonists. One of them, Percentil has bought an international competitor. In addition, foreign corporations are taking an interest in Spain, Allot Communications has bought Optenet in the internet content filtering sector and Pixmania has bought Ooferton.
Biotech investment news: Era Biotech, Aura Bioscience, Quirumed and others (March 2015)
In March 2015 the biotechnology sector in Spain has been the protagonist of several investment operations, both venture capital and mergers and acquisitions of companies. Venture capital invests in biotech: Inveready, Ysios The investment...