Down rounds and defensive dilution: when raising capital means losing value
In a startup’s lifecycle, funding rounds are often seen as positive milestones. Each new investment provides resources for growth and, typically, a valuation higher than the previous one. However, in more demanding market conditions or when growth fails to meet expectations, what are known as down rounds can occur—that is, funding rounds carried out at […]
Lorenzana announces that at the end of this year the construction works for the new industrial estate in Ribeira will be put out to tender
They will be nearly 260,000 m² of industrial land, part of the more than 3.5 million m² that the Xunta is processing in the province of A Coruña The adaptation of the urbanisation project, carried out by Xestur, is necessary because the current one requires a greater degree of development and technical definition due to […]
Lorenzana highlights that the Xunta is developing an industrial policy of anticipation in order to “be ready before the opportunity arrives”
“The large investments do not arise on the day they are announced. On that day they become visible, but they begin much earlier,” she says She assures that Galicia has been creating for years the conditions that companies now demand and that the aim is not to attract isolated investments, but to build a portfolio […]
Founder priorities: what to delegate first to avoid becoming a bottleneck
In a startup, the founder is often the initial driving force behind everything: selling, defining the product, responding to customers, hiring, putting out fires, and making decisions. This works in the early stages because there is no other way. The problem arises when this model becomes the norm and the company grows around a single […]
Smarter decisions: The data every SME should be collecting
How much of what we decide is actually based on real data? When managing a small business—or even a larger one—we make decisions every day: which product to promote, when to invest more in advertising, or which type of customer deserves more attention. Many of these decisions are driven by experience, intuition, or habit. And […]
Xunta presents, for the first time at the Galicia Economic Office in Madrid, the BFAero start-ups to 18 investment funds
“It is essential that we can use our Economic Office as a showcase for everything that is done in Galicia in order to attract that investment,” Lorenzana says She highlights that, in the aerospace field, Galicia has launched an innovative public procurement system in which it is a pioneer in Spain, and that, together with […]
Minimum financial dashboard for management
A financial dashboard is not a report to “see how things are going”; it is an early warning system. If you only look at the income statement at the end of the month, you are already too late. Management needs a small number of well-defined indicators, with a clear review frequency and thresholds that trigger […]
Lorenzana sitúa o sector TIC como esencial para o crecemento e a competitividade da empresa en Galicia
She expresses her gratitude for the collaboration of the ICT Cluster in drafting this plan, which allocates 62 million euros in aid up to 2028 and includes 77 measures to promote this industry She specifies that the objective is to work towards ensuring that the ICT industry enhances non-technological businesses in Galicia and facilitates the […]
Xunta approves the Master Plan for the ICT industry with the aim of consolidating Galicia as a European benchmark in digitalisation
Rueda highlights that the Galician Government will allocate “almost 62 million euros up to 2028” in aid to the sector to “improve competitiveness and generate quality employment” He points to a specific line of funding to promote R&D&I projects “in quantum technologies and artificial intelligence” Another of the Plan’s new features will be the development […]
Why are more and more companies investing in energy storage?
Companies have spent years looking for ways to reduce their electricity bills. Investing in self-consumption, improving energy efficiency, or optimizing production processes are some of the most common measures. However, there is a technology that is gaining prominence due to its ability to multiply the benefits of these strategies: energy storage. Although many people associate […]
