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Caixa Capital Risc leads €5.5M Series A funding round for Zinklar

Caixa Capital Risc, Zinklar’s main VC shareholder, has supported the market research startup since 2017, participating in all investment rounds with total investment of over €2M

Funds will enable Zinklar to further enhance its analytical capabilities and AI-based automation platform as well as attract new talents to fuel its global expansion, particularly to the US

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Caixa Capital Risc leads Barbara IoT €2.5 M financing round

Caixa Capital Risc joins forces with Iberdrola in new funding round, enabling edge computing start-up to expand activities in Europe

Investment is aligned with Caixa Capital Risc long-term strategy to invest from an early stage in disruptive, B2B SaaS and deeptech companies

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Caixa Capital Risc leads sale of Sanifit Therapeutics to Vifor Pharma with upfront payment of €205M

• Largest acquisition in history of Spanish biotechnology sector and largest operation to date for Caixa Capital Risc
• Holding 20% of the capital, Caixa Capital Risc is Sanifit’s biggest stakeholder and has supported company since 2006, participating in all financing rounds for a total investment of over €23M

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Caixa Capital Risc acquires a stake in AlgaEnergy, leader in innovation in the microalgae sector

• CriteriaCaixa’s venture capital management company and the CDTI fund Innvierte Economía Sostenible will have a minority stake in the company.
• AlgaEnergy develops and markets biological agricultural inputs that increase the productivity and quality of crops in a sustainable and profitable way, as well as cosmetic and nutrition products, always with a focus on sustainability and functionality for the user.
• This transaction consolidates the growth strategy of the industrial area of Caixa Capital Risc, which channels its new investments through Criteria Industrial Ventures.
• Caixa Capital Risc manages a volume of more than €230 million in over 120 innovative companies in Spain and Portugal.

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Caixa Capital Risc strengthens its commitment to the cybersecurity business by acquiring a stake in start-up company Build38 and searches for success cases of emerging companies

• Caixa Capital Risc co-leads, together with the German fund eCapital, an investment of 3 million euros in the cybersecurity startup, whose solution represents a new generation of services and technologies that protect mobile apps.
• Build38 is based in Munich and its development team is located in Barcelona. It also has an office in Singapore.

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