Last year, Berger-Levrault, a French software management company, bought the Spanish company Aytos, which operated in the same sector, to create its Spanish subsidiary. Just over a year later, Berger-Levrault bought Absis and its subsidiary Tecnogeo.
Dexma, which uses big data for energy efficiency, receives €1M
The company has received a round led by Inveready, with the aim of consolidating its growth in the European market, focusing on countries such as the UK, Italy, France, Belgium and the Scandinavian market. In parallel to its expansion in Europe, the resources will also support the launch of a new energy consumption analysis tool called Energy Grader.
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Online cleaning recruitment platforms Clintu and GetYourHero merge to dominate the Spanish market
The merger of Clintu and GetYourHero means the union of two of the main platforms in the sector. Both brands will continue to work independently, providing a specialised service: Clintu as a platform for home cleaning and GetYourHero for office cleaning. GetYourHero values this merger as a great opportunity to continue growing in the office cleaning sector of up to 600m2 and to benefit from the synergies derived from the similarities between the two businesses.
Habitissimo, an online platform for contracting renovations, has been bought by the British company Homeserve.
The British company is taking over the 70% of the Mallorca-based firm and with an option to buy the other 30% in four to five years' time. Homeserve has also announced the purchase of 40% from Checkatrade, which operates a similar portal to Habitissimo in the UK.
MedLumics, Spanish medical device company closes €34M round
This financing round is the largest financing round in the history of medical technology in Spain and is one of the largest rounds in Europe in the last year. Among the investors who have backed the company are Ysios Capital and Caixa...
Nauta leads a round in Cloud.IQ, a company that optimises the conversion of visits into actual sales.
The Spanish-based venture capital firm has made its first investment of 2017 in a London-based company that uses artificial intelligence for conversion rate optimisation (CRO) in the online retail sector.
New funds: Atomico , Intellectium and Mediterranea capital.
"We are very optimistic about the Spanish market and it is growing very fast; we see that many Spaniards with experience in technology are returning to Spain from other countries and that makes for a very promising future for the country" are the words of Brochado, partner at Atomico.
GMV invests in Spain's space technology company PLD Space
GMV will take a stake in the company and will participate in the development of its launchers, with this investment it unlocks a €6M financing.
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.
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.
Verse, Satlantis, Untruck young Spanish companies receive investment for growth
In the last month we have seen Spanish technology companies in potential niche markets that have decided to count on the support of venture capital to grow and be able to compete internationally. From fintech applications such as Verse, to space imaging companies such as Satlantis.