Cybersecurity has become a sector of great interest to investors in recent years. Valuable company information is migrating to digital channels and the cloud and companies are experiencing data breaches that can have many consequences for their business. From 2011 to 2015 the number of funding rounds in the cybersecurity space has doubled from 166 to 332 and the volume has increased from $1.1B in 2011 to $3.8B in 2015.
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Hotelbeds and Mytwinplace: Tourism sector attracts investors
Last week we learned that Cinven completed the largest Spanish VC deal in recent years by buying Hotelbeds for €1.165M, and Mytwinplace also closed a round led by Inveready.
New Venture Capital Funds: N+1 and Capitana Ventures
In 2016 venture capital and private equity raised €1,481M in new funds. This year 2016 seems to continue to meet the favourable conditions for fundraising: liquidity in the markets, interest from international LPs in VC&PE firms and support for the sector through public funds of funds (Innvierte and Fond-ICO global). We have recently heard about new fundraising: N+1 has raised €400M for its new fund and Capitana Ventures Partners is raising new funds for Capitana Tech Fund.
Biotechnology is supported by investors.
Investment in biotechnology is booming. So far this year, in addition to the fact that several biotech companies such as Imbiomotion have received funding, Ysios, Spanish venture capital focused on the health sector, has raised capital for its fund and a new Caixa Impulse call has been opened.
Inveready bets on biotechnology, invests in Cuantum and AB-biotics in less than a month
Inveready has started the year with a strong commitment to biotechnology. A few weeks ago we announced that it had invested in Oncostellae, and recently we have learned that it has invested in two more companies, in Ab-BIOTICS through its debt fund and in Cuantum through its Inveready Biotech II fund.
Spanish entrepreneurs committed to innovation receive funding:Olapic and Beabloo
An innovative entrepreneur is an entrepreneur who is able to differentiate his product from others even in highly competitive markets. Innovation provides an important strategic and competitive advantage and that is why it is so highly valued by investors. In this post we take as an example two Digital Marketing companies, Beabloo and Olapic, which in 2015 received large rounds that have attracted investors because of their great commitment to innovation.
Crowdfunding boom and foreign investment drive growth in startup investment in the first half of 2015
According to a study by Venture Watch, investment in Spanish startups in the first half of 2015 has grown by 134% compared to the same period last year, partly due to the closing of large deals that are not very typical in our country. Among the fastest growing sectors is the fintech sector, which accounted for 4 of the 15 largest deals in Spain.
Venture capital activity: Capitana Venture Partners, Cabiedes & Partners and Inveready
According to Javier Ulecia, president of Ascri, investment by venture capital funds in start-ups is increasing steadily. We will reach the weight that this sector should have, because there are an increasing number of interesting projects...
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.
New funds for ICTs, Bio and internalisation (May)
If the other day we talked about the new funds created in the energy sector, today it is the turn of other new funds such as ICT and bio. Cofides has also created a fund together with Oman SGRF to support Spanish companies with internationalisation plans in the Middle East and Oman.
Siroco capital Engie, and Fondico: New venture capital funds
As we saw in our post last week, venture capital is in a good moment in Spain. If in May we had already talked about the creation of new technology venture capital funds, now we have news that Fondi-ico, the fund of funds has opened its 5th call. We have also recently heard about the creation of new funds for the energy sector, such as Siroco Capital and Engie.
Biotech sector operations in June
So far in June, two Spanish biotech companies have completed financing rounds, Histocell and Biótica, which supports the conclusion reached by experts in the sector on cyt 60 minutes. "The 21st century will be the century of biotechnology with more than 500 companies created in the sector in the first decade".