Monthly analysis: May 2019
Author: Kaloyan Andonov
Analysis: SoftBank gets a $300m Gympass
The telecoms firm SoftBank has backed a substantial $300m round of gym membership provider Gympass, which is part of the beauty and fitness space, which has seen stable corporate-backed deal flow with rising valuations in recent years.
Analysis: SoftBank gives Creditas $200m
SoftBank backed online lender Creditas, a company from the alternative lending space, which does not seem to have experienced exponential growth in valuations.
Analysis: PhonePe gets paid $1bn
India-based payment tech company PhonePe is looking to raised $1bn at $7bn-$8bn valuation from various investors, including Tencent.
Quick insights from our GCV Founders survey
In February and March 2019, we conducted a small pilot survey (n=31) of founders of businesses that have received corporate funding, which were referred to the survey by their corporate backers. We called it the “GCV Founders Survey” and it gave us some interesting insights.
GCV Symposium 2019: VR fireside chat and pitches
Dave Haynes from HTC’s Vive X accelerator talked about its activities in the virtual and augmented reality space, before nine companies in the sector pitched their products to attendees.
GCV Symposium 2019: Deploying a fund of funds or limited partner strategy
Jacqueline LeSage Krause, Bernhard Mohr and Jeanne Bolger spoke about the possible benefits of corporate investors joining venture funds as a limited partner.
GCV Symposium 2019: Innovator Showcase
Four innovative companies were introduced by their corporate backers to detail how they are looking to impact the transport and mobility sectors.
GCV Symposium 2019: Can corporate VCs be true value-added investors?
JetBlue Technology Ventures’ managing director, Raj Singh, detailed how a corporate VC unit can be a good partner and add value to its parent company.
Media sector grows
Sector analysis: Media
GCV founders pilot survey
Results of the Global Corporate Venturing founders pilot survey conducted in March and April 2019.
Analysis: Uber floats in $8.1bn IPO
Ride hailing services company Uber, backed by many corporate investors, held its long-awaited $8.1bn IPO, which was the world’s largest since 2014, though many consider it a disappointment
April yields mixed results
Monthly analysis: April 2019
Analysis: SoftBank passes $419m to PayPay
Mobile payment platform PayPay raised $419m in funding from SoftBank. This is a deal from a space that has seen much growth in terms of the corporate-backed deal flow in recent years.