Several corporate venturers have backed IoT company Terminus Technologies in a $283m series C1 round. This nine-figure round comes to confirm an upward trend in valuations of such enterprises we have been observing for years.
Author: Kaloyan Andonov
Analysis: IPOs of corporate-backed businesses
Last year there was a peak in number of IPOs of corporate-backed emerging business, while the first half of 2019 hosted some much-awaited flotations like those of Uber, Lyft and Slack. We look at the broader picture for corporate-backed companies going public.
Analysis: Monitoring nine-figure corporate-backed rounds
Rounds above $100m tend to be raised by companies based in the US and China. Last year we saw a record number of corporate-backed rounds.
Analysis: First-time corporate investors
Since the beginning of 2018, a fifth of all corporate investors whose deals we track appear to be newcomers.
Analysis: Vungle’s $750m acquisition
Blackstone will purchase the advertising platform Vungle in a deal giving exits to corporates Alphabet and Verizon.
Analysis: Biontech gets a $325m series B round
Cancer treatment company Biontech raised $325m round backed by Fidelity. The company forms part of the hopeful oncology and cancer treatment subsector of life sciences which has seen much growth and in corporate backing in recent years.
More deals and fewer dollars in the second quarter
Analysis: Q2 2019
PitchBook seeks the golden mean of corporate venturing
The latest note by data provider PitchBook found that, in the context of growth in corporate venture capital, the most active CVC arms it examines have shown a strong historical performance and corporate-backed portfolio companies have reaped benefits in the form of higher exit chances and lower bankruptcy rates
IT sector continues to nurture innovation
Sector Analysis: Information Technology
Slowdown in June
Monthly analysis: June 2019
Analysis: Carbon prints out another funding round
3D printing developer Carbon raised a new round reaching $260m and featuring corporate backers from different sectors.
Analysis: Corporates take a multi-billion ride with Grab
Grab has so far raised $4.8bn series H round, after Invesco chipped in $300m in addition to the funding provided by corporate investors like SoftBank Vision Fund, Microsoft, Toyota, Ping An and others since June last year.
Analysis: Zhenkunhang procures $160m in series D funding
Industrial e-commerce platform Zhenkunhang raised a $160m corporate-backed series D round, which forms part of the emerging e-commerce space
Health sector continues to grow
Sector analysis: Healthcare