In the first 5 months of 2017, the number of investments made in the cybersecurity sector has reached a new record high, reaching 190 deals, which is 20% compared to the same period last year. Although we have detected large rounds in the sector, there have also been several seed/angel rounds. This is a sign that new innovative solutions are being created in response to emerging attacks. Which companies are receiving support from investors?
Spanish venture capital is in vogue. A few days ago we learned of the funds selected in the 8th Fondico call and several firms have announced the imminent launch of new funds. Among them we have detected funds focused on technology, healthcare and energy.
Restb.ai, specialising in image recognition-based business solutions, has received a €1.2M investment to support its expansion. The round was backed by Lanta Capital, Capitana Venture Partners, Athos Capital and Tandem Capital and US investor Court Westcott LLC.
Venture capital investment in Spain in 2016 totalled €3,100M, an increase of 5% compared to 2015. Two deals (Hotelbeds and Renovalia) for more than €1,000M of deal value and 6 for more than €100M contributed to this result. In terms of the most active sectors, the IT/Telecom/Internet sector is in first place.
This week we have met two Spanish companies 4IQ and Red Points, which have received investment rounds, led by foreign investors to continue their expansion worldwide. 4iQ closes a funding round of $14M 4Iq, a startup from Madrid, is...
Captio is a leading technology platform in Spain for managing travel and business expenses. Through an app, employees can digitise their tickets with a simple photo, which processes this data automatically thanks to the image recognition technology developed by this company that employs 50 people.
Cabiedes has recently entered the capital of Tviso, an aggregator of on-demand television platforms. We take a look at the investments that Cabiedes and Partners have made in the last year.
In the last week two cybersecurity companies have received funding from Spanish investors: Alma mundi ventures and Santander Innoventures. One of the beneficiary companies is a Spanish company, Enigmedia, which is active in the field of secure encryption.
Spain is beginning to follow the model that has been successful in other parts of Europe for decades and we are starting to see university funds to finance Spinouts. In 2016, two universities, one public and one private, have raised funds for this purpose, both managed by Clave Mayor.
Private equity is investing in companies that provide software solutions for portfolio management. Efront has been bought by Brige point and Gi Partners bought MRI Software, both of which were bought after the technology companies had made buyouts in the sector.
Two days ago we learned that the video game chain Game bought the augmented reality company Ads Reality, the big tech companies like Facebook and Microsoft are investing a lot of money in the sector and companies like MagicLeap, which has not yet released any product on the market, has raised more than $1.42B. In Spain, a good number of startups have embarked on the adventure of developing products and technologies based on Virtual and Augmented Reality.
The energy storage industry is seeing an increase in terms of new and innovative products, partly due to the entry of large companies from different sectors entering the energy storage sector. Among the benefits of energy storage are that in addition to storing electricity that is not consumed at the time of generation, they facilitate greater integration of renewables, help reduce line congestion, improve the quality of electricity supply and optimise the consumption curve.