Aerolaser: Innovation and development of technology in the geospatial field
Elewit adds Danish company OKTO GRID to its venture capital portfolio
- OKTO GRID is a company specialised in the digitalisation of electricity assets to boost the predictive maintenance of infrastructure.
- The Danish company joins a portfolio that already includes Zeleros, CounterCraft, Nearby Computing, HESStec and Aerolaser.
Cellnex, Elewit and Lenovo lead the investment round in Nearby Computing, a spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the UPC specialised in Edge Computing and 5G networks
Cellnex Telecom, Lenovo and Elewit (a technology subsidiary of the Red Eléctrica Group) have led the investment round in the Barcelona-based Nearby Computing, start-up, an initiative of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), with an investment of approximately €2 million.
Spain’s Zeleros raises 7M€ in financing to lead the development of hyperloop in Europe
Zeleros Hyperloop has completed a financing round worth more than €7 million. The company starts a new and important phase in the development of its unique version of hyperloop, the “fifth mode of transport”, the best alternative for the future to connect efficiently and sustainably long-distance routes for passenger and cargo transportation. Connections like Paris – Berlin could be reduced to less than an hour.
Cyber Security Company CounterCraft raises $5 Million in a funding round led by Adara Ventures, and joined by new investors eCAPITAL and Red Eléctrica Group
CounterCraft, a European cybersecurity software company, today announced it has secured $5 million in additional funding. The financing round was led by Adara Ventures, joined by new investors eCAPITAL and Elewit, with participation from existing investors including Evolution Equity Partners, ORZA, and Wayra (Telefonica’s Open Innovation Hub).
Open innovation to transform the world
This week the innovation ecosystem is looking south. Granada is holding Alhambra Venture, the forum for innovation, investment and entrepreneurship promoted by IDEAL. Elewit will also be taking part in this important event, and we will do so in coordination with Elena de Benavides, our Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lead who will present our strategy for open innovation and the main milestones in this field.