In the last year we have seen how large funds have realised the opportunity presented by the European outsourcing market and have decided to invest in the sector. In Spain in particular, yesterday we learned about the purchase of Digitex by Carlyle, but already last September the French fund PAI Partners bought Konecta.
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Venture capital is again interested in fashion: MCH invests in Jeanology
The fashion sector has become one of the main drivers of transaction and M&A activity in the last two years. The existence of an attractive fabric of medium-sized internationalised companies with growth potential and the existence of firms that have had to undertake restructuring or needed funds to launch an internationalisation project, have paved the way for the entry of new partners in some of our best-known national players. In 2016, we have seen MCH invest in Jeanlogía.
Venture capital has reached industrial SMEs
With two weeks to go before the end of the year, the venture capital industry can begin to congratulate itself on the conclusion of a historic year, at least as far as SME financing is concerned. The year 2014 saw the regulation of SME venture capital funds, which has led to the creation of 8 SME venture capital funds.
New Venture Capital Funds October 2015: Resilence, mVenturesBCN and Columbus
In 2015, 625 new private equity entities were created worldwide, according to a study conducted by the statistics service Preqin. In Spain we have also witnessed the emergence of new funds. In the last month, for example, funds that are not very common in our country have been created, such as a debt fund and one dedicated to scientific research.
What is a secondary fund?
A secondary fund is a fund whose business is to buy investees from other funds. This type of fund is growing considerably. Last year these funds recorded record fundraising figures of $29,000M, and now we have news that Lexington Partners has closed the largest secondary fund in history with $100,100M. In Spain these funds have also been in the news lately, Arcano has set up a new fund of funds and Portobello has sold a block of 7 investees to a secondary fund led by the giant HarbourVest.
Time for divestitures for private equity in Spain: Euskaltel, Boomerang and Polibol
After several years of crisis in which the lack of financing made it impossible to complete buyout operations, last year foreign investors began to regain confidence in Spain and started to divest, with significant capital gains for the investors involved.
Busuu, Playgiga, Deporvillage, Talent Clue and Klikin receive funding in July
Venture capital rounds in the ICT sector in July follow the trend we saw in the last InvestmentReport in March, where the average deal size had increased from €1M to €2M from March 2014 to March 2015. In the month of July there have been a number of deals in excess of €4M. Below we highlight some of the deals completed this month.
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.
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...
Venture capital bets on technology companies: deals March 2015
Technology start-ups receive the most support from venture capital. Of the 550 venture capital and private equity deals closed last year in Spain, 274 involved a technology company. Among the technology companies, e-commerce and collaborative consumption lead the way. In March 2015, 8 technology companies received funding rounds.
Telefónica invests in Sigfox, world's leading provider of a mobile network dedicated to the Internet of Things
France's Sigfox has raised a €115M funding round involving financial and strategic investors from Europe, the US and Asia.
Banco Sabadell creates the Aurica III fund to help the internationalisation of SMEs
Sabadell has launched a €150M fund to invest in growth projects in foreign markets. Of the €150M, €50M will be provided by Sabadell and the rest by family offices and institutional investors. It has also increased capital to buy TSB.