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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.

The internet of things has reached Spanish healthcare. Several Spanish startups such as Social Diabetes, Dycare or Exotive are succeeding and winning awards in the sector. Some of these companies have become what they are thanks to public funding.

Sodena is the financial instrument of the Government of Navarre to promote business projects in Navarre that contribute to the development of the region. Among the sectors on which it focuses are the ICT sector, biotechnology, energy and the agri-food sector.

"Technology is today the great enabler of business transformation, at a time when the context, the market and customers are evolving faster and faster. This is why a greater mix of disciplines is needed to address the challenges of the digital economy and adapt to the new conditions" Vallejo, [...].

BeMyEye, the European leader in mobile crowdsourcing, closed a €6.5M funding round at the end of May to expand into the Spanish market. The round was led by venture capital is Spanish Nauta Capital, which was joined by the P101 fund and earlier investors such as 360 Capital Partners.

Doctoralia, the platform that connects patients and health professionals, leader in Spain and Latin America, has merged with its European competitor DocPlanner, to become the largest health marketplace in the world, thus achieving a presence in 25 countries and managing some 200,000 appointments per month.

Iot solutions applied to the energy sector are growing considerably. MarketandMarket estimates that the market will grow from $7.59B in 2015 to $22.34B in 2020. Among the applications of Iot for energy are: Real-time monitoring, reduced energy consumption, increased security, smart energy storage, and more efficient energy management.

Investment in big data analytics companies grew considerably in 2015, when 73 rounds were made for an amount of $$1.8B. In the first half of 2016, investment seems to have fallen a little, with 25 rounds.

The €3.8m purchase of Spain's Allerpharma by UK-based Allergy Therapics was announced nine months ago and the deal has recently been completed. The sale and purchase agreement includes an additional payment of up to €2M depending on the results obtained in 2016, so the sale could reach €3.8M.

 Cybersecurity has become a priority area for investors. In 2015, according to Gartner, organisations spent almost 5% more money than the previous year to strengthen cybersecurity: more than $75,000M. As a result of this market acceptance of cybersecurity, investors have decided to invest in cybersecurity.

Dominion, Cie automotive's engineering and technology services subsidiary, which went public in April this year, made its first acquisition as a listed company in March.

Minetur has published the forthcoming opening of the call for proposals Industria conectada 4.0, which aims to support the incorporation in industrial companies of knowledge, technologies and innovations aimed at the digitisation of processes and the creation of technologically advanced products and services with greater added value. The date of the call, although not yet published, is expected to be at the end of June.