Udekta Capital is a new venture capital fund for companies that are on MAB or plan to exit in less than two years. In addition to Udekta, IEBS has created its first fund and KKR has announced a new fund for technology companies, which has its sights set on Spain.
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.
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.
The BPO is a highly fragmented industry, where in order to grow and compete in the market, acquisitions must be made. Private equity is aware of this fact and enters BPO companies to provide them with liquidity, grow through acquisitions and then sell at a higher value. Some investors, who entered the sector early, such as Talde or 3i, have already successfully divested. Others like Carlyle and Pai Partners have just invested.
26 funds in 3 different categories: Expansion Capital, Venture Capital and Incubation, participated in the 7th Fondico call. Of these 26 funds, 9 have been selected, three in each category. Fondico will distribute €157M among these funds. Given the multiplier effect generated by this instrument, the funds participating thanks to this call will invest a minimum of €660M in Spain, which is 4.2 times the amount of €157M committed by FOND-ICO Global.
Nazca Capital, a Spanish private equity fund, has just raised a new €250M fund and bought 75% of Caiba, a plastics packaging manufacturer. We review their investments, since 2001, they have completed 40 transactions: 19 direct investments in companies, 12 additional acquisitions of companies from their investees and 9 divestments in which they have achieved an IRR of 45% per annum.
Proa Capital is a Spanish investment fund, specialised in MBO and BUILD UP transactions, supporting the management teams of companies in complex consolidation and integration processes in changing sectors and environments. Taking advantage of the fact that this September...
According to Ascri's report "2016 Venture Capital & Private Equity in Spain", Spanish fundrasing by private entities experienced a certain slowdown compared to 2014, reaching a figure of €1,481M. If we add to this figure the resources raised by public entities and the application of international resources when making their investments, the total amount of funds raised was €3,359M. Although this figure is considerably lower than in 2014, it is considerably higher than the funds raised during the crisis period.
Rotecnia, Deltalab, Isetic Technology, Intelligent Parking and Inteliigent Delivery have raised funding in the first half of the year thanks to venture capital funds. Talde has invested in Rotecna and Deltalab Talde, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is...
Fondico quiere que el capital riesgo en España coja fuerza y acaba de anunciar una nueva convocatoria. Además estamos viendo cómo se están captando recursos para nuevos fondos, que invertirán en empresas muy diferentes, desde empresas tecnológicas industriales recién...
Sodena es el instrumento financiero del Gobierno de Navarra para impulsar proyectos empresariales en Navarra que contribuyan al desarrollo de la comunidad. Entre los sectores en los que se enfoca se encuentran el sector TIC, la biotecnología, la energía y el sector...
Axis, the venture capital company of the ICO Group, has resolved the sixth call of FOND-ICO Global with the selection of four funds, in which it will invest €71M. These funds will invest around €280 million in Spain, which is almost 4 times the amount that FOND-ICO Global will invest. Given the great reception of this call, a new call is expected to be launched before the summer. According to the planned investment plan, new fund selection calls will continue to be launched depending on the market situation.