Stream Hatchet, the platform for video game streaming professionals, has closed the sale of its company with the corporate Millennial ESports, dedicated to providing technological solutions in the field of gaming. The transaction was closed last April, and represents the fifth sale of a project of the València-based accelerator Plug and Play Spain in its five years of life.
Cybersecurity investment hits new record high in first 5 months of 2017, with companies valued at more than $1B
In the first 5 months of 2017, the number of investments made in the cybersecurity sector has reached a new record high, reaching 190 deals, which is 20% compared to the same period last year. Although we have detected large rounds in the sector, there have also been several seed/angel rounds. This is a sign that new innovative solutions are being created in response to emerging attacks. Which companies are receiving support from investors?
Pop Places, the Spanish company that rents out shops by the hour, merges with the German company Go-Popup.
PopPlaces.com, el ‘marketplace’ español dedicado a alquiler de espacios comerciales por días para ‘pop-up stores’ o eventos, avanza en su crecimiento internacional y ha culminado la fusión con la empresa alemana Go-PopUp.
Verse, the mobile app that facilitates person-to-person payments, closes €18M round
Verse, the mobile app for person-to-person payments, has announced the closing of its new funding round worth $20.5M, or €18.5M, to expand into new countries, consolidate in existing ones, launch new products and continue to grow.
ISP Digital, the marketing holding company, buys US company Anagram
Anagram is a programmatic buying company, enabling large advertisers and agencies to efficiently and transparently run their own programmatic advertising campaigns.
Ontruck , a technology company in the logistics sector, raises €9.2M
With this new capital inflow, the on-demand logistics platform created in Spain reaffirms its objective of reinventing the transport logistics market, a sector that generates 10 billion dollars (9.2 billion euros).
Telefónica buys German big data company to gain insight into consumer behaviour
The company, through its German subsidiary Telefónica NEXT, has reached an agreement to acquire the German startup Minodes, which specialises in technology for analysing customer data in shops anonymously.
Devicare, a Spanish medical device company, receives €3M
Devicare, founded in 2012 in Barcelona, is a company specialising in innovative medical devices for the home care of chronic patients under the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) concept.
Emergency location app Alpify receives €1M funding round
Alpify ha cerrado una ronda de €1M con el objetivo de ampliar su mercado, haciendo evolucionar su app con nuevas funcionalidades y poder crecer en el mercado internacional. La ronda ha estado liderada por el RACC —especialista en servicios de asistencia personal,...
Aramisauto.com, Europe's leading car dealer, takes over Spain's Clicars
Clicars, the Spanish startup for buying and selling cars online, achieved a turnover of 5 million euros in its first year. According to the accounts deposited in the commercial register, this is a record. Never before has such a young company achieved such a turnover.
Fintech investment grows by 222% in Q1 2017
In the first quarter of 2017, European startups in the fintech sector received 667M from venture capital, which is now almost 60% of the amount raised in the whole of 2016. Among the reasons for this growth are the support being given to early-stage fintech companies in the UK and changes to online payments across the EU.
Seidor goes shopping again, this time to reinforce Seidor Digital
The technology consultancy has bought the creativity and digital marketing agency Yslandia to strengthen its digital division created in 2016. This purchase allows Seidor to add the value layer of digital creativity to the existing layers: digital transformation consultancy and technological innovation of Seidor labs. For its part, Yslandia benefits from Seidor's technology to develop its work.