Second best historical half-yearly record in number of Private Capital investments in Spain

Press release 20/07/2023 According to the first estimates obtained by SpainCap through the European EDC platform, the investment volume in Spain reached €3,005M in the first half of the year, 46% less than in the same period of 2022. The change in the interest rate environment, concerns about macro developments and the impact of high…

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Antai Venture Builder y Riva y García SGIIC lanzan Extension Fund, un vehículo de 35M€ para apoyar a startups tecnológicas

Nota de prensa 02/06/2021 Antai Venture Builder y la gestora Riva y García SGIIC han unido fuerzas para crear Extension Fund, un fondo de inversión Venture Capital con un tamaño objetivo de 35 M€. La firma, que nace como un vehículo de oportunidad para dinamizar el entorno post-covid, tiene como objetivo principal invertir en 30…

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Middle Market and Venture Capital boost investment in Spain despite the crisis caused by the pandemic

Press release 21/01/2021 According to initial estimations obtained by the Spanish Association of Private Equity & Venture Capital (ASCRI) through the European platform EDC, the volume of private capital investment in Spain in 2020 reached 5,561M€ in a total of 765 investments. It is worth recalling that 2019 was a year of historical records marked…

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ASCRI new appointments

Press release 22/05/2020 AQUILINO PEÑA, PRESIDENT Aquilino Peña, founding parnet of Kibo Ventures, has been appointed as president of the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI) for the 2020-2022 period. Aquilino will replace Miguel Zurita, Managing Partner & Co-CIO at Altamar Capital. Kibo Ventures is a venture capital firm with €115M in AUM…

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Energy companies promote the Positive Energy+ initiative to alleviate the impact of coronavirus through innovation

Press release 07/04/2020 •This platform, a pioneering initiative in Spain, is intended to support start-ups in developing projects from the perspective of energy and in the fields of environmental sustainability, mobility, social impact, digitisation, telecommunications and 4.0 •The initiative, promoted by Enagás, Red Eléctrica, CLH, Iberdrola, BP, EIT InnoEnergy and Acciona, is open for other…

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ASCRI and PwC present the “Responsible Investment Guide for Venture Capital & Private Equity”

Press release 05/02/2020 Private capital firms in Spain are increasingly committed to responsible investment. In fact, 84% already include environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in their management and investment decisions. This is one of the main conclusions of the Guide to Responsible Investment in the Private Equity and Venture Capital Sector, made by PwC…

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