France's Sigfox has raised a €115M funding round involving financial and strategic investors from Europe, the US and Asia.
Seidor goes shopping: acquires Dispal and Softgasa
Seidor, a leading multinational firm in SAP Consulting solutions, Management Consulting and value-added ICT Services, has acquired two companies in February 2015: Dispal and Softgasa, with the aim of consolidating its position in the north of Spain.
MWC 2015 news and conclusions
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which was held from 2 to 5 March, closed its doors with new participation records: 93,000 people attended the MWCB, of which 52% held managerial positions. 2,000 companies participated in this congress, which is no longer a mobile congress, but an ICT, mobility and telecommunications trade fair. 8,000 professionals, including 250 international investors, attended the 4FYN meeting, a figure four times higher than the previous year's attendance.
Una mirada al «reconocimiento de voz»
En las últimas semanas ha sido noticia la venta de la española Indisys a Intel. Esta operación no ha sido un efecto aislado: las tecnologías de «reconocimiento de voz» están inmersas en una actividad desenfrenada.
ICTs the only sector to see an upturn in investment activity
Despite a downward trend in investment across the board, the information technology (ICT) sector has seen a rebound in the second quarter of 2013. Private investment firms invested 12,500$ million in 65 deals in the second quarter, which is at a similar level to the last two years.
"SW-defined networks" increases VC investment stimulated by large sales transactions
According to CB Insight, large sales transactions in the Software Defined Networking sector stimulated 416M$ of Venture Capital investment. Activity is up 75% y-o-y supported by large acquisitions by Juniper Networks and VMWare and Cyan's public offering.
IT sector USA: for growing companies
According to pitcbook and McGladrey, with the interconnectedness of IT companies and others with similar skills such as engineers, designers and developers, the industry lends itself particularly well to capital increases.
The ICT sector accounted for 44% of VC operations in Spain in 2012.
According to the report presented by www.webcapitalriesgo.com last week, the Venture Capital sector in Spain has decreased by 18% in total volume invested. The ICT sector continues to maintain its leadership as a sector with 44% of the invested volume.
The ICT sector accounted for 44% of VC operations in Spain in 2012.
According to the report presented by www.webcapitalriesgo.com last week, the Venture Capital sector in Spain has decreased by 18% in total volume invested. The ICT sector continues to maintain its leadership as a sector with 44% of the invested volume.
ABRA INVEST successfully advises ANPRO21 in the search for capital for the internationalisation of BRAND RAIN
The technology company Anpro21 has closed its first round of investment to internationalise "Brand Rain", a brand reputation monitoring and analysis system. Anpro21 is a Spanish technology company dedicated to the capture, processing and analysis of brand...
Is financial innovation born at BBVA?
In 2008, two BBVA executives took the leap into entrepreneurship and set up www.comunitae.com, the first P2P lending platform in Spain. The idea arose from observing this business model in the USA and the UK with the world pioneers www.zopa.com and www.prosper.com.
Is financial innovation born at BBVA?
In 2008, two BBVA executives took the leap into entrepreneurship and set up www.comunitae.com, the first P2P lending platform in Spain. The idea arose from observing this business model in the USA and the UK with the world pioneers www.zopa.com and www.prosper.com.