China Mobile and Hexie Health Insurance co-led Moore Threads’ $215m series B round while Eicher Motors provided $37.4m for Stark Future.
Month: December 2022
What surprised CVCs in 2022
2022 saw a screeching turnaround in market sentiment. How well did corporate investors cope?
Most CVCs have $200m allocated or less
The number of $1bn plus CVC funds has increased, but most still work with less than $200m.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 28, 2022
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial provided $200m for Akulaku while various Chinese corporates participated in Freetech’s $100m series B round.
The 10 biggest CVC deals of 2022 and what they tell us
From China’s booming electric vehicle sector to companies addressing cyberattacks and the supply chain crisis, the year’s biggest rounds gave us a view of what was urgent in 2022.
How investors are preparing for the cash squeeze
Corporate venture teams are pushing portfolio companies to accept more capital during funding rounds to cushion the blow of a stuttering economy.
Corporate investors shift to seed stage
Corporate investors historically favoured later-stage deals, but a tough economic climate is driving a sharp shift to seed-stage investing.
How the world’s most startup-friendly companies do CVC
These corporate investment teams are young but have big money — and they mostly invest from the balance sheet.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 23, 2022
Meituan led a $100m series C round for Qitan Tech while IAG Firemark Ventures led a $54m series D for TicToc.
The most intriguing CVC debuts of 2022
As 2022 prepares to draw to a close, Global Venturing takes a look back at some of the most interesting and active new corporate venture funds to debut in the past 12 months.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 22, 2022
China New Town participated in SiBionics’ $71.7m series D round while Eyebright Medical contributed to TowardPi’s $43m series C.
Armor says farewell to Comcast Ventures
After serving 16 years at Comcast, GCV Emerging Leader Kim Armor plans to focus her attention on climate change.
Japanese women are breaking into the CVC “boys’ club”
Japanese venture capital culture is starting to change and women at corporate venture units are at the forefront of the transition.
30 standout women in Asian corporate venture
An increasing number of companies across Asia are investing in startups, and these are some of the women powering those CVC efforts.