HubSpot is an expert in Inbound Marketing and CRM systems development. We have observed and analysed its latest operations in the market to find out the type of companies it has acquired and the strategies carried out to do so.

Throughout 2018 we saw how several venture capital companies specialising in IT were being sold and, moreover, for significant amounts. We did not want to be left behind and we have investigated these operations, exposing in this post the 5 most relevant sales. We are talking about divestments totalling more than 2.5 billion euros.

Spain's Besepa, a company that offers solutions to automate banking management for small and large companies, has been sold to Enxendra Technologies. We note that financial technology continues to gain market share and more and more companies are specialising in this sector. To support this assertion, we have conducted an analysis of sale of companies in the global SME FinTech sector.

Cybersecurity expert Symantec completed the acquisition of Luminate Security on Tuesday. After observing this transaction, our Corporate Finance analysts wanted to investigate more about this multinational and see what kind of companies or sectors it is investing in.

We analyse the automotive electronics sector from our Corporate Finance perspective. Last month we learned of the purchase of the company Talde Private Equity on the shareholding of the P4Q Group. This has encouraged us to carry out an exhaustive search for companies that have recently been sold in the automotive electronics sector.

Nanogap is a Galician company specialising in the development and manufacture of nanotechnology. At the end of 2018 we learned about the financing round it received from the Repsol investment fund. Corporate Venturing.

This operation related to our field of corporate finance invited us to analyse the nanotechnology sector, looking at the various company sales transactions that have recently been confirmed worldwide.

On 31 December 2018, we learned of a couple of corporate finance transactions by the Typsa Group. This prompted us to take a look at where the engineering companies sector stands and what kind of deals have been done recently.

The CRM software market is booming, and even more so the business model based on offering this service in the cloud, being able to access the service from any location.

Since 2014 the annual growth of the sector has been 23% p.a. Will this growth continue to be viable in the future, how does this growth affect the biggest player in the industry? To find out, we decided to take a closer look at Salesforce.

We wanted to analyse the marketplace sector in depth and we have come across an active niche in corporate finance, the second-hand marketplaces. In this new post we have talked about the round of financing that the Mexican GoTrendier has received and about the sale of companies most significant in the sector.
After observing the movements in the sector, we analyse the most significant and confirmed company sales in the last year 2018.

We analyse the most recent operations of the giant Amazon in purchase of companies. The company, both through its core business and other divisions such as Amazon Pay and Amazon Web Services, has invested more than $2 billion in 2018.

Silicon Valley seems to be starting to shake. Apple's share prices have been in turbulence since it warned that it would stop sharing information on the number of the company's flagship iPhones sold after disappointing markets in 2018.

Is this news alarming, or is Apple well positioned to continue growing in the future and it is all due to a cyclical problem? In the next post we will analyse the key variables to understand the company's valuation and how it is positioned for the future.

We talk about Grabango, a company that enables the implementation of an automatic payment system in physical shops. On 9 January we learned about the Californian company's round of funding, led by Propel VC.

After observing the movements of the sector, we analysed the sale of companies most significant and confirmed in the last year 2018.

We talk about Ardian, the French global private equity firm, and its latest venture. purchase of companies of IT.

We know how big an impact the smart energy sector is having on the economy, but are your companies being active in corporate finance processes? We answer this question for you.

We analyse from a corporate finance perspective the purchase of companies Google's most relevant developments over the last year. We are talking about one of the most famous technology companies in the world, which has to keep abreast of what is happening in its sector in order not to be left behind. That is why, since 2001, it has confirmed 232 investments in the purchase of companies.

We talk about the Canadian international consultancy firm CGI and its recent activity in purchase of companies. Discover with us some interesting facts about the company, its purchasing strategy and its latest acquisitions carried out since 2016.

The Spanish startup Ledmotive closed a financing round of €1.85 million on 14 December. This is a technology company specialising in the development of natural and artificial lighting. In a final section we analyse the sale of companies most relevant in the sector at international level.

France's Bertin Technologies is the latest victim of the sale of companies for our corporate finance experts. On 20 December we learned of the sale of Bertin's business line to the Spanish company CT Ingenieros.

We analyse from a corporate finance perspective the purchase of companies The latest from Capgemini, one of the world's leading providers of consulting, technology, outsourcing and professional services. We talk about a company active in buyouts, with a total of 25 investments in the last 10 years. Discover with us its last five acquisitions since 2017.

Last December we met NewCo, the new joint venture of Autocasión Hoy and Autoscout24 España. The Vocento Group will lead this association of companies dedicated to the online classification of cars in Spain.
In a final section we will mention the sale of companies most relevant in the sector at the international level.

We analyse, from our corporate finance perspective, the purchase of companies Atos, a company that provides consulting services and solutions. We will explain in a short space some interesting facts about the French company and its last five acquisitions. We highlight the operation made with Syntel for a value of 3.4 billion dollars.

We classify the operations of sale of companies The most prominent players in the VoIP sector in recent years. These companies make it possible for the voice signal to travel over the Internet using the IP protocol, i.e. sending the voice signal in digital form instead of sending it in analogue form. The classification will be determined by the sales amounts handled in each transaction.

The Prosegur security company is very active in purchase of companies. Three of its last four acquisitions were confirmed in December 2018, within less than a week of each other. Below are the transactions that have been taking place in the Spanish company.

In October 2018, the Basque company Cyber Surgery closed a €4 million financing round. Several organisations have participated in this investment, which in our field of corporate finance we assimilate or categorise as a sale of companiesas they sell part of their equity. We analyse the deal in detail and also mention some of the most recent deals in the sector globally.

From the corporate finance perspective, we analyse some of the sales of internet services companies confirmed in 2018. We talk about a generalised sector, where a client can obtain mailing services, FTP, Telnet or telephony services, among others. In this post we talk about the Spanish operator Excom, which ended the year with a triple acquisition, and other sales operations worldwide.

We start this new year 2019 with an entry from business valuation. We talk about FinTech Apptio and its recent acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.

We talked about the purchase of companies Chatbot, a programme based on Artificial Intelligence that simulates a conversation with the user. The best known by all of us is Apple's Siri, but there are many more in the world. We are going to analyse some of the purchases that have been made in this sector in 2018.

Today we look at the purchase of companies in the logistics software sector that have taken place in 2018. We are talking about software that is key in many organisations because it facilitates the management of stock storage or shipping tasks, among others.

We would mainly like to highlight the purchase operation carried out between two Spanish companies, Visual Trans and Empuries Logística.

In our new analysis of sale of companies we are going to focus on cybersecurity. We are talking about a sector that is booming due to the increase in attacks on the Internet. The massive multiplication of data and hackers force certain companies to try to avoid losses or malicious theft. From our area of corporate finance we are going to talk about 5 companies that have been sold in 2018 in the sector and the sale operation.

We expose the purchase of companies India's most relevant technology companies in 2018. The Asian country has become an emerging economy that offers many and varied business opportunities. In this post we talk about Bygging India Limited, Mswipe Technologies, Embibe and Flipkart.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the recruitment sector in 2018. We are going to focus in part on companies that run their identification processes for jobs in the technology sector, such as technicians or programmers.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the insurance digitalisation sector. We talk about a booming sector with future applications in various fields, generating trends or market expectations. In addition to the purchase of companies, we also explain the most recent round of financing confirmed in the sector.

In our analysis of purchase of companiesToday we want to focus on the multinational SAP. On 11 November, the German company confirmed its investment to acquire Qualtrics, a developer of business software.

Vista Equity Partners is a world-renowned venture capital firm that focuses on financing technology companies. Its investment power is so high that in the last two months it has acquired three companies in the sector. In this post we are going to talk about the companies that have been bought and the reasons why Vista Equity has decided to carry out these operations.

Discover the purchase of companies most relevant in the Internet of Things sector in 2018. This entry highlights the double acquisition made by Altair Engineering in a short period of time or the billionaire purchase of Fortive, among others.

If yesterday we talked about the purchase of companies Microsoft, today we take another look at the acquisitions of another technology giant, Cisco Systems. Technological progress is so great in the sector that many companies are already tying up future purchases. In this post we will talk about Cisco's intention to buy Ensoft and some of the other moves made by the multinational in recent times.

The software giant Microsoft never rests. The purchase of companies by Bill Gates' multinational is the order of the day, with the aim of achieving continuous technological progress. From our area of corporate finance we are going to show you the latest purchase of companies in the technology sector which, as we will explain later, will be focused on Artificial Intelligence.

We analyse from a corporate finance perspective the sale of companies in the water robot sector. We comment on the operation carried out by Fluidra, which has confirmed the sale of its Israeli subsidiary Aquatron Robotic Technology to the Austrian company Best Water Technology. At the end of the article, we discuss the most relevant movements in the sector.

Valuation using multiples is a method used in the business valuation which helps to calculate the target value of a company. This method does not calculate the absolute or intrinsic value of the company, but rather calculates a range of values relative to other similar companies and is used to better delimit the range previously obtained using the discounted cash flow method. It is a necessary complement to a good analysis.

From the corporate finance perspective, we analyse the purchases and investments made by Goldman Sachs in financial technology or FinTech companies. The multinational financial company makes several acquisitions of companies and rounds throughout the year, but we are going to focus on talking about the companies dedicated to the development of financial technology and in which Goldman has made a move. We will first discuss the two acquisitions investments made in 2018 and then the last three confirmed investments.

The Industry 4.0 o cuarta revolución industrial está en marcha y ninguna empresa quiere quedarse atrás. En esta nueva entrada vamos a exponer las adquisiciones más relevantes que han surgido este año en el sector y sus razones estratégicas.

The Industry 4.0 o cuarta revolución industrial está en marcha y ninguna empresa quiere quedarse atrás. En esta nueva entrada vamos a exponer las adquisiciones más relevantes que han surgido este año en el sector y sus razones estratégicas.

In this new Abra Academy entry we are going to talk about the business valuation using the discounted cash flow method and which is used to measure the realisable value of an investment. We will explain how to calculate the required shareholder return (Ke) or terminal value and the limitations involved. We will also give a practical example to support the text.

We analyse the €1.6 million capital injection received by Infraspeak from the funds Firstminute Capital, Tencent, Innovation Nest, Construtech Ventures, 500Startups and Caixa Capital. With the injection, Infraspeak will aim to strengthen its bid to expand its team across borders. In the coming months, the company plans to reach the UK, Spain and France and hire 10 new employees.

We analyse the €1.6 million capital injection received by Infraspeak from the funds Firstminute Capital, Tencent, Innovation Nest, Construtech Ventures, 500Startups and Caixa Capital. With the injection, Infraspeak will aim to strengthen its bid to expand its team across borders. In the coming months, the company plans to reach the UK, Spain and France and hire 10 new employees.

The league of extraordinary companies includes the ranking of the 5 technology companies that have been most present in our corporate finance sphere in recent times. We will identify the name of these companies, their position in the ranking and the activity they carry out. In this publication, Chinese and American companies stand out.

The league of extraordinary companies includes the ranking of the 5 technology companies that have been most present in our corporate finance sphere in recent times. We will identify the name of these companies, their position in the ranking and the activity they carry out. In this publication, Chinese and American companies stand out.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the ERP sector for SMEs. Companies are tending to automate certain processes thanks to the irruption of ERP software, a few years ago these programs used to be only in large companies due to their implementation costs, lately, thanks to the proliferation of companies in the world of ERP these services are beginning to reach medium and even small companies, boosting the sector.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the thematic web sector from a corporate finance point of view. Webedia has acquired Weblogs in the same sector. This acquisition has been valued at approximately 10 million euros and allows the Webedia Group to add more than 70 million unique users per month.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the thematic web sector from a corporate finance point of view. Webedia has acquired Weblogs in the same sector. This acquisition has been valued at approximately 10 million euros and allows the Webedia Group to add more than 70 million unique users per month.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the branding and design sector from a corporate finance point of view. RK People has invested in Séptimo, a Catalan agency with extensive experience in branding & design. After the transaction, the founders of Séptimo continue with their usual positions and remain as minority shareholders.

We analyse from a corporate finance point of view the latest round of financing for Lingokids, an application that allows children to learn English. Sabadell Venture Capital is one of the investors in this financing round.

We analyse the purchase of companies in the water cycle management sector from the corporate finance perspective. In this case we talk about Gestagua, which has purchased the 100% from Valoriza Agua.

Companies in the water cycle management sector have recently been moving towards inorganic growth through M&A transactions. These acquisitions are helping to achieve rapid growth, avoiding barriers to entry such as long-term concessions and helping to achieve geographic diversification that would otherwise be very difficult to achieve.

The connectivity and integration provided by Smart Cities is one of the major factors to be taken into account in the proliferation of technology companies focused on systems integration, resource management and energy saving at national and international level.
There are already fully integrated cities in the United States such as New York, Boston and Washington, and in Europe, Berlin and Amsterdam have been the first to invest in this technology. In the near future, it is expected that the rest of the cities of the old continent will take a step forward and begin to bet on this integration.

The growth of companies based on collaborative economy is being exponential worldwide, Spain is not lagging behind, the mode rental sector is one of the fashionable disciplines that seems to be here to stay, a niche market in which investment is being made thanks to its capacity for growth.

We analyse from a corporate finance point of view the latest round of financing for Safe365, a company dedicated to the management of a telecare app for the elderly.

We analyse from a corporate finance point of view, the investment received by Copado, the Spanish startup that offers a launch management platform on the Salesforce AppExchange in a deal led by Insight Venture Partners with the participation of Salesforce Ventures.

We analyse the case of Histocell, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of drugs and medical devices for regenerative medicine and cell therapy, from a corporate finance perspective. Firstly, we will explain the strategic rationale through the inauguration of its new production centre. Then, we will highlight the capital investment that Histocell has received thanks to the [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the purchase of Captio - the Spanish startup that manages companies' business travel-related expenses - by Certify, the US company that offers online travel and expense management solutions. We take a look back at the largest rounds of financing that have [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse two acquisitions made last September. Zur Rose's acquisition of Promofarma, the e-commerce marketplace for health, beauty and personal care products commonly sold in Spanish pharmacies, and Aninver's majority stake acquisition of Pharmacius, a leading provider of health, beauty and personal care products, [...]

We analyse, from a corporate finance point of view, the investments made in the technology sector to attract talent through the cases of two platforms born in Barcelona: Job Today, a job search tool, and Talent Clue, a recruitment software for companies. Get in touch with our [...]

We analyse from a corporate finance point of view, the investment made by Athos Capital to Agroptima, a startup that has designed a tool for the mobile management of crops and crops. From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investment made by Athos Capital in Agroptima, a startup that has designed a tool for mobile crop and [...]

We analyse the new venture capital funds raised in Spain during the month of September 2018. In this case, we will study the capital increase Antai Venture Builder, the investment operations carried out by Tikehau Capital, Seaya Venture with the closing of its second fund and Demeter with the launch of Paris Founds Vert.

We analyse the business model of Egluu, a company that is developing its line of business in the Vacation Rentals sector, from a corporate finance point of view. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse the business model of Egluu, a virtual reality company, from a corporate finance point of view [...]

We take a corporate finance look at Millennium BlockChain's 3M$ investment in Robot Cache. We take a look at Millennium BlockChain's 3M$ investment in Robot Cache from a corporate finance perspective. A little more about the young, but successful video game company Robot Cache Robot Cache [...]

We analyse the third round of investment in Lodgify, the technology start-up that develops software for the promotion of holiday rentals, from a corporate finance point of view. Get in touch with our experts. A little more about Lodgify, the startup that facilitates home rentals Lodgify, based in Barcelona, Spain, has [...]

We analyse what the Proptech sector is and how this trend is being integrated into the Spanish market through the operations carried out by Housfy and Prontopiso. We analyse what the Proptech sector is and how this trend is being integrated into the Spanish market through the operations carried out by Housfy and Prontopiso. What is [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse investments in insect-based biotechnology, a booming market. In this case, we will analyse the investment made in BioFlyTech by Moira Capital Partners. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse, from a corporate finance point of view, the investments made [...]

We take advantage of Sherpa Capital's investment in Busining to explain what coworking is and how it is revolutionising the corporate sector worldwide.

We take advantage of Sherpa Capital's investment in Busining to explain what coworking is and how it is revolutionising the corporate sector worldwide.

We analyse the operation carried out by Repsol after opening an €85m fund with the aim of investing in startups. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse the operation carried out by Repsol after opening a €85M fund with the aim of investing in startups. Repsol corporate venturingNew RCV fund The multinational energy and petrochemical [...]

We analyse the investment made by Rothschild - one of the most important financial advisory groups in the sector - in the startup Exo Investing, which to date amounts to €16.5M. We analyse the investment made by Rothschild -one of the most important financial advisory groups in the sector- in the startup Exo Investing, which to date amounts to €16.5M.

We analyse Deloitte and KPMG, their various innovation policies and their different acquisitions during the first half of 2017 and 2018.

We analyse Deloitte and KPMG, their various innovation policies and their different acquisitions during the first half of 2017 and 2018.

We analyse the main financial variables of the 2017 financial year for the Irish multinational Accenture, one of the leading global technology and consulting companies. We also take a look at the main financial acquisitions it has carried out in recent years.

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the M2M Industrial sector. In this case we will analyse the investment made in Cesar Software by Vixion Connected Factory. From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the M2M Industrial sector. In this case, we will analyse the [...]

We analyse the investments made in the Dental Tech sector from a corporate finance point of view. In this case we will analyse the investment made in Createch Medical by Straumann. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse investments in the Dental Tech sector from a corporate finance point of view. In [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the EduTech sector. In this case we will analyse the investment made in Hello Umi by venture capital funds led by Nauta Capital.

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the EduTech sector. In this case we will analyse the investment made in Hello Umi by venture capital funds led by Nauta Capital.

We analyse the new funds created in Spain in July 2018. In this case, we will study the Basque Government's new economic model, the expansion of Oquendo Capital's strategy and Seaya Ventures' new fund. We analyse the new funds created in Spain during July 2018. In this case, we will study the new economic model of [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the Hospital Engineering sector. In this case we will analyse the investment made in CIECA by DIAL Group. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse the investments made in the Hospital Engineering sector from a corporate finance point of view. In [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the High Precision Measurement sector. In this case we will analyse the investment made in Advanced Metrology Solutions (AMS). Get in touch with our experts. We analyse, from a corporate finance point of view, the investments made in the High Precision Measuring sector [...]

We analyse, from a corporate finance point of view, the investments made in the Legal Tech sector. In this case we will analyse the investment made in LexGoApp. Analysis of the Legal Tech sector Since 2014, we have been talking about legal technology, better known as Legal Tech, a way in which technology changes the business model [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse investments made in the usability (UX) sector. In this case, we analyse the acquisition of KingEclient by Mirum, the amount of the transaction is unknown. KingEclient KingEclient provides services including digital transformation strategy, UX, digital marketing, design, development and analytics. Founded [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made by venture capitalists in the IT sector. In this case, we analyse TCV's recent investments. Get in touch with our experts. Analysis of the IT sector and private equity The IT sector has become the focus of attention in recent years.

From a corporate finance perspective, we analyse the investments made in the marketing agency sector. In this case, we analyse three acquisitions of Barcelona-based companies made in June 2018. Firstly, Primero B was acquired by Agencia FDI. Also, Headway acquired the [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the connected car sector. In this case, we analyse the creation of a new company for the development of the new cars of the future and the acquisition of the 33% from Hedesis. Hedesis On 13 June 2018, Hedesis held its first [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made in the entertainment/leisure sector. In this case, we analyse the round received by Fever from Atresmedia and the acquisition of part of Solsona Comunicación. Get in touch with our experts. Fever receives a round from Atresmedia On 6 July [...]

We value from a corporate finance point of view, the investment made by LIFULL Co in acquiring Mitula Group, a digital classifieds group that operates vertical search sites and classified portals. The transaction took place on 9 May 2018. We value, from a corporate finance point of view, the investment made by [...]

We analyse, from a corporate finance point of view, the investment made in the human resources technology sector. In this case, it is the acquisition made on 11 April 2018, the company HR Path acquired, for an unknown amount, the company Oxfera. Oxfera Oxfera is a group specialised in HR technologies and is [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we look at investments made in Blockchain (a database, a ledger, of which everyone in the network keeps a copy). In this case, we will look at the IoMod and Nodalblock investments. These investments will mark the beginning of blockchain technology in [...]

We analyse the acquisition by Sonae IM in the cybersecurity sector from a corporate finance perspective. The transaction, the amount of which is unknown, took place on 7/06/2018. We analyse from a corporate finance point of view, the acquisition made by Sonae IM in the cybersecurity sector. The transaction, the amount of which is [...]

From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the investments made by Econocom, a Belgian multinational company that is a benchmark in digital transformation. In this case, we will analyse its market operations and comment on its financial data as it is a listed company. Get in touch with our experts. Econocom, "one Galaxy" business model [...]

We will explain what game changers are and we will explain the main categories into which they are divided and their reference companies. What is a Game Changer and its categories A Game Changer is an event, idea or procedure that produces a significant change in the current way of doing or thinking about something. [...]

We analyse, from a corporate finance point of view, the divestments of venture capital is carried out in June 2018. In this case, we will analyse the operations corresponding to companies such as: Ticketea, Social Point, Prexton Therapeutics and some others. From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the venture capital divestments carried out in June 2018.

From a corporate finance perspective, we look at investments in the aerospace sector. In this case, we will analyse the new €9m follow-on round for PLD and the acquisition of the Tryo Group by the Spanish company Sener. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse from a corporate point of view the [...]

From a corporate finance perspective, we analyse the investments made in marketing tech. In this case, we will analyse the €6M round closing in favour of Talentry and the acquisition of Caher's 30% by Suma Capital. Get in touch with our experts. Nauta leads a €6M round in favour of [...]

We analyse IBM and Oracle, their various innovation policies and their different acquisitions during the first half of 2018. Innovation Policy IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in New York. It is the world's largest technology and consulting employer, with more than 400,000 employees serving [...]

We analyse the new funds created in Spain in the biotechnology sector during the first half of 2018. In this case, we will study the company Inveready and the alliance between Asabys Partners and Banco Sabadell. Get in touch with our experts. We analyse the new funds created in Spain in the biotechnology [...]

We analyse the investment in logistics fashion from a corporate finance point of view. In this case, we will analyse the €2.5m investment in The HUUB, a company based in Portugal. The HUUB HUUB is a technology and logistics platform for fashion brands. It is compatible with all sales channels: eCommerce, wholesalers, [...]