Actionable Insights for your M&A

We have analysed the largest investment rounds in European companies in the last 7 days. The 10 deals have been distributed between 3 countries, France with 5 deals is the country that has benefited the most. Among the sectors being invested in are the internet of things, energy efficiency and online marketing software.

Venture capital is investing a lot of money in unlisted technology companies. The company they are betting the most on is Uber, with a valuation of €60.9 billion. How are these companies valued?

Splio supports retail and luxury brands in the development of their online and offline marketing strategies, in a personalised and efficient way. Its SAAS solutions include campaign and CRM management and customer experience management.

The CDTI has approved 51 new R&D&I projects with a total budget amounting to €37M. Several of these projects are focused on the biotechnology food technology and health sector. Do you want to know what kind of projects it is funding?

GTA has acquired the technology, hotel distribution and inbound services division of MTS, with the aim of expanding its services in the beach and sun segment and growing in the Mediterranean.

Nazca Capital, a Spanish private equity fund, has just raised a new €250M fund and bought the 75% of Caiba, a plastics packaging manufacturer. Looking back at their investments, since 2001, they have completed 40 transactions: 19 direct investments in companies, 12 direct investments in companies, 12 direct investments in companies, and 12 direct investments in companies. acquisitions additional companies from their investees and 9 divestments in which they have achieved an IRR of 45% per annum.

IMS went public in 2014 and has started to buy technology companies in the healthcare sector in order to offer a comprehensive service in all the geographical areas in which it operates. In December 2015 it bought the Spanish company Iasist and in 2016 it bought a company in Canada, another in Dubai and another in the US.

Nazca Capital and Kibo Ventures, raise funds to invest in Spanish companies. Nazca is focused on companies between €30M and €200M in sales and Kibo Ventures on early stage digital startups.

Hexagon is a Swedish company, a leading international IT provider that drives quality and productivity improvements through applications for geospatial and industrial companies. It has a subsidiary, which offers software-based information technology solutions that improve quality and productivity, based on measurement equipment.

This week we have learned about two Spanish companies, 4IQ and Red Points, which have received investment rounds led by foreign investors in order to continue their global expansion.

52 companies are participating in the development of these projects, 69.21% of which are SMEs. Eleven of the 51 projects closed in September belong to the field of ICTs. Another significant fact is that of the total number of companies involved, 23, i.e. 44%, are receiving Cdti funding for the first time.

FoodChéri, a self-catering virtual restaurant that makes fresh and healthy meals for home delivery across Paris, has just closed its second round of funding worth €6M. Spanish venture capital fund Samaipata Ventures has participated in the round.