We analyse the main data on Cofides, the state-owned commercial company for the financing of private investment projects abroad. In addition, we review the requirements for a project to be eligible and study the most important Cofides operations in recent years.
Analysis of investment in Agile Methodologies. Indra buys Paradigma.
We analyse the main data on Cofides, the state-owned commercial company for the financing of private investment projects abroad. In addition, we review the requirements for a project to be eligible and study the most important Cofides operations in recent years.
Analysis of food sector projects approved by the CDTI in 2016
We studied some of the food projects approved in the CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial) aid lines in 2016, within the category of "Biotechnology, Health Technologies and Agri-Food".
Investment analysis of GFT Technologies, a financial services IT consulting firm
We studied some of the food projects approved in the CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial) aid lines in 2016, within the category of "Biotechnology, Health Technologies and Agri-Food".
We analyse the new 2017 call for proposals and the 2016 beneficiaries.
On 14 November, the new call for proposals for the 2017 Challenges-Collaboration programme, which will receive a total of €500M this year, will open and will end on 13 December this year. We explain all the details of this call and analyse some of the projects that have benefited from the 2016 Challenges.
AEESD 2017: Government earmarks €80M to boost R&D&I in the ICT sector
The AEESD aims to strengthen the competitiveness and internationalisation of Spanish companies, mainly SMEs. Among the technologies that will benefit from this aid are 5G connectivity, massive data processing, computing and...
CDTI awards more than €219M 106 business R&D&I projects in March
A total of 101 companies are participating in the development of these projects, of which 68.31 pT1T are SMEs and, of these, 46.41 pT1T belong to medium and high technology sectors. Of the total number of companies involved, 37, i.e. 37%, are receiving CDTI funding for the first time.
The Hazitek grants to support R&D in Basque companies have been published.
The call, which will have a budget similar to last year's, around €68M, will be organised in two phases this year: In the first phase, projects will be selected and in the second phase, a decision will be taken on the grant to be awarded to those projects which, having been selected in the first phase, meet all the requirements of the programme. Applications for the first phase can be submitted until 7 April.
Eureka calls for proposals open for funding international cooperation projects
EUREKA is a European initiative to support R&D&I that aims to promote technological projects between different countries in order to improve the competitiveness of companies. It encompasses 46 countries of the European Union and in Spain it is managed by the...
Evaluation of the results of the Innterconecta projects completed in 2015
After gathering information about the economic and technological results achieved by the companies that have participated in the first 5 Innterconecta calls, we summarise the results obtained.

Cdti approves 17 projects in the ICT sector in October
17 Spanish companies in the ICT sector received funding from the Cdti in October. Among the subsectors in which they operate, energy and industry 4.0 stand out. The Cdti, which depends on the Ministry of Economy, finances innovation and technological development of Spanish companies, with a budget of 1,792 million euros for 2016.

Fondico Global has chosen 9 funds in which it will invest €157M in its 7th call.
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.