Kaloyan Andonov spoke to Bonny Simi, president of JetBlue Technology Ventures and an active airline captain. Simi talked about the winning team formula of her venturing firm, how people will be flying on electric aircraft by 2025 and disruptive trends in travel tech.
Author: Kaloyan Andonov
Kaloyan Andonov is head of analytics at Global Corporate Venturing.
Transport drives forward
Sector focus: Transport
Venturing continues to grow
GCV Analytics tracked 2,320 deals worth an estimated total of $109.23bn raised through 2017. The deal count was a minor increase on a year-to-year basis (6%) compared with the 2,173 transactions of 2016. The total value of corporate-backed VC rounds reached a new high, surpassing the $100bn mark. Nearly half of corporate-backed transactions in 2017… Continue reading Venturing continues to grow
Analysis: Strong start for transport in January
The first month of the new year was marked by large and notable deals in the transport sector.
Analysis: Celgene impacts Sanofi in a billion-dollar exit
Celgene has agreed to acquire Impact Biomedicines for a multibillion dollar whose total size may reach $7bn, giving an exit to fellow pharmaceutical company Sanofi. This is a record-setting deal in the life-sciences exits involving corporate investors, where other transactions like IPOs seems to have been in decline.
Corporate venturing growth continued through 2017
Annual analysis: 2017
The Global Corporate Venturing Survey 2018
Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, presents the results of The Global Corporate Venturing Survey 2018, our annual survey on the state of corporate venturing conducted in cooperation with Stanford University and Insead Business School.
Analysis: Boehringer Ingelheim starts 2018 with $300m fund
Pharmaceutical firm Boehringer Ingelheim has committed €150m in capital to its corporate venturing vehicle, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF), increasing its total investment in the fund to €250m ($300m). BIVF typically provides between €10m and €15m to each portfolio company in totL, where initial commitments vary between €500,000 and €3m. Its investment areas are focused… Continue reading Analysis: Boehringer Ingelheim starts 2018 with $300m fund
Analysis: Didi Chuxing invests in 99
China-based on-demand ride hailing service Didi Chuxing acquired 90% of its Brazilian counterpart 99
Teaser from the World of Corporate Venturing 2018 survey
GCV Analytics conducted its annual survey on the state of the corporate venturing industry in October and November 2017. A total of 60 respondents participated. The response rate was slightly lower than in previous years due to the considerable additional length and depth of the survey (we asked over 40 questions this time). However, we… Continue reading Teaser from the World of Corporate Venturing 2018 survey
Analysis: Kingsoft Cloud receives $300m
Cloud storage firm Kingsoft Cloud raised $300 in a series D round, one of the largest rounds in the cloud tech space in 2017
Deal count bounces back
Corporate-backed deals tracked by GCV Analytics in November numbered 215, significantly higher than the 186 funding rounds in the same month last year. Investment value also increased by 84% to $8.05bn – up from $4.37bn in November 2016. The deal count in November was even more drastically higher compared with the 147 recorded in October… Continue reading Deal count bounces back
Analysis: Moda Operandi attracts $165m
The fashion e-commerce platform raised $165m in its latest funding round, which featured LVMH and Fidelity. This is one of the largest and latest rounds in the fashion space.
Analysis: SenseTime detects $227m from Alibaba
Alibaba invested $227m into artificial intelligence technology producer SenseTime, one of the most recent large rounds in the booming AI space.