Investments

Investments | Investments
Apodemia has closed an investment round of €440,400

Apodemia, the Madrid company dedicated to the sale of original design jewelery, has closed an investment of €440,400 in 2019. The last round included ten investors from different business areas such as banking, real estate and retail who have been closely associated with the brand since the beginning.

Investments | Startups
South Summit Fund is born to invest in the best startups of its competition

The fund created by South Summit, together with Red Capital Partners, will invest 6 million euros per year among the hundred finalist startups of South Summit 2019.

Investments | Startups
February ends with 12 million Euro invested in Spanish startups

February is once again a very weak month in terms of public investment in Spain, achieving one of the worst records of the last 24 months, as the month ends with just over 12 million Euro invested in startups through a total of 7 operations.

Investments | Spanish Ecosystem
2019 starts with a slight fall in Spanish investment €61.5M

January begins with an accumulated amount of decreasing investments, 61.5 million Euro, if we compare it with January of 2017 and 2018, where investment amounted to €183.21M and €214.236M respectively.

Investments | Education
Capaball Closes its first year with €500,000 of private financing

Capaball was born in February 2018 with the aim of training the workers of the future by improving their knowledge and skills in the areas related to digital transformation (hard & soft skills). This e-learning platform is a simple way to learn.

Investments | New startups
Goin raises $2.5mm to help millennials achieve their financial goals

Goin, the first Spanish mobile application that allows users to achieve their goals through automatic saving and investing, has raised 2.5 million dollars in just one year. The startup will allocate the funds raised to strengthen its market share in Spain, grow the team, and dedicate attention towards European expansion.

News | Private equity
Investment in private equity reached an all-time high of almost 6,000 million in 2018

The data presented on Wednesday by the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI) show a total of €5,843.5M, made up of 670 investors, a record-breaking figure for the second year in a row. The fact that last year’s figure has been exceeded by 18% is proof of the strong dynamism that the private equity sector in Spain is experiencing.

Venture capital | Resume 2018
Investment in Startups in Spain exceeds €1.2 billion for 2018

The close of 2018 saw record levels of investment in Spanish startups, with in excess of €1.2 billion raised. The total final figure was €1,227.09 million euros raised across 198 transactions.

Investments | Investments
Cemex Ventures invests in development of worksite digital twin through structionsite

CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s open innovation and venture capital unit, announced today its investment in StructionSite, a US-based startup that creates digital worksite models through 360-degree cameras. This solution saves about 60% of the time required to calculate progress at a worksite, a process comprising about 1.74% of the total cost of a construction project.

Investments | eHealth
Healthtech Startup MediQuo Raises €1.5m Seed Round

mediQuo, the medical chat application where users can chat 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with doctors and specialists, has secured a €1.5 m seed round, led by VC firm Target Global, with Family Offices and expert partner joining the round.