Spanish electronic voting company Scytl raises €12 million

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Summary

Barcelona-based Scytl, which creates solutions for electronic voting and electoral modernization, has received an investment of €12 million. It will use the funding to expand its presence in the private sector electoral market, where the adoption of Internet voting is accelerating. The investment has been raised from the company’s current shareholders without having to go to outside investors. Scytl has participated in electoral modernization projects in 47 countries, and currently manages 80% of all Internet public sector elections in the world. With the new investment, the company plans to expand further into the private sector, especially to segments of the market that require a high security, such as political parties, unions, universities and professional colleges.

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Amount $13.0M Total raised
Date February 2, 2017 Announcement date
Investors Adams Street Partners, Vulcan Capital, Sapphire Ventures, LLC, Webcapitalriesgo.com, Scytl, Nauta Capital Lead investors
Company http://www.scytl.com Funded company

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