Monthly report: October 2020
Author: Kaloyan Andonov
Analysis: Ant in the balance
China-based financial services provider Ant Group, spun off by e-commerce group Alibaba, intended to float on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets.
Analysis: Ant’s double IPO halted and is likely to be delayed for month
Ant Group, the financial services subsidiary of China-based e-commerce group Alibaba, was due to raise a targeted $37bn in a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong but the mega-initial public offering was unexpectedly blocked by an intervention from financial regulators in Beijing at the eleventh hour.
Analysis: Ant Group to go public
Alibaba´s financial subsidiary Ant has received approval from regulators which will allow a dual listing on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and enable it to raise up to $35bn at a reported valuation of $250bn.
A contrarian take on hydrogen venturing
Kaloyan Andonov of GCV spoke with Tomas Kėbla, principal at Contrarian Ventures, which is backed by energy group Ignitis, the largest in the Baltics region. Not only is Contrarian Ventures interested in the hydrogen space but its team has drawn a detailed map of the landscape.
Sub-sector report: oil and gas
It is not an exaggeration to say that 2020 has been an eventful year for the oil and gas industry.
Cautious rise in Q3
Quarterly report: Q3 2020
Holding steady after the pandemic
Monthly report: September 2020
Sector report: Energy
Dealflow still growing in anticipation of low carbon future
Analysis: Livekindly collects $135m
US-based vegetarian food producer Livekindly Collective closed $135m in funding from investors including food ingredient developer Griffith Foods.
Figures trending upwards
Monthly report: July-August 2020
Analysis: Sogo shosha corporate venturing
After the announcement of Warren Buffett’s bet on Japan’s largest trading houses, we take a brief look at how they have been doing on the corporate venturing arena.
Analysis: Life sciences transactions continue to rise
Amid the covid-19 pandemic, interest in life sciences is now perhaps at its highest. This is true in corporate venture capital and three of the multimillion-dollar stories we reported in mid-August corroborate this.
Analysis: Corporate-backed businesses going public
The number of corporate-backed companies going public declined in 2019, despite some major IPOs like those of Uber, Lyft and Slack.