Last year, investments in ecommerce companies led activity in the new technologies sector. Some of them have in common their relationship with the furniture trade or with the home. Cabiedes was present in the most significant ones.
US venture capital invests in the "connected home".
Since 2012, the connected home sector has attracted a total of $468M of investment in 56 financing transactions. Venture capital has set its sights on this sector by participating in the development of new technologies.
Venture capital investments in mobility
Venture capital investments in the field of mobility cover a wide range of activities such as payment systems, hotel reservations and fleet management. In recent times, Telefónica and business angels have been particularly active.
Venture capital invests in technologies for the fashion world
The world of fashion has undergone a profound change from the conception of designs to the form of distribution with large textile groups such as Zara, Mango and H&M. Venture capitalists see technology as a tool for new changes.
Andalusia has 4 new venture capital funds for SMEs
The Andalusian innovation agency signed last week the contracts for financial intermediation services with the 4 venture capital managers that won the tender of the EU initiative JEREMIE in October. The winning managers are four well-known venture capital firms in Spain: Avindia, Axon, Alta Partners and Gedsur.
Software investment in Spain is international
Last year, Spanish venture capital made several investments in information technologies dedicated to software development. The international profile of these initiatives and the spin-off origin of some of them is noteworthy.
Venture capital: growing investment in startups for international money transfer
Venture capital is seeing an investment opportunity in startups developing new technologies for international money transfer that help eliminate some of the forms, costs and timescales of traditional systems. In the last 2 years...
Venture capital in Latam: activity in October 2013
Private investment activity such as venture capital and private equity continues to grow in the Latin American region, having surpassed the number of deals in 2012 in October 2013.
Spanish Venture Capital invests in Games Tics
Over the last few years we have witnessed investments by Spanish venture capitalists in the online and mobile games sector. The old model of developing to be bought by the big publishers has passed away, let's look at the new models.
Spanish venture capital invests in educational ICTs
The Spanish education sector has been able to train prestigious professionals. Venture capital activity shows signs of a good future development of the sector together with online educational entities such as UNIR and IEBS that augur good opportunities.
What is Spanish venture capital investing in Fintech?
In the United States, a global benchmark in technology investment, the financing of companies in the Fintech sector grew by more than 20% in terms of both the number of transactions and capital invested. In Spain, there are also some good startups setting a good example.
Investments in the ICT security sector
Security in the IT sector has continued to experience significant activity in Spain in recent years following major operations such as Panda Software or the presence of S21sec.