Innovative region: UK
Category: Analysis
AI and software development: the need for bespoke tools
Four-year growth of CVC-backed rounds for AI software, power shifts to cloud providers, specialised AI emerges for sectors
Analysis: Yuanfudao raises $1bn
Edtech has benefited from covid-19 restrictions, the record high for capital in the sector was $2.4bn in 2018
Value of media rounds drops dramatically
Sector analysis: Media
What to expect at the GCV Digital Forum
Think about the features you would expect to find at a GCV event… then imagine them all in a virtual setting.
Coronavirus effect clearly visible in April
Monthly analysis: April 2020
Analysis: Waymo drives forward with $3bn
US-based autonomous driving technology Waymo, a spinoff from internet conglomerate Alphabet, received $750m in extension equity financing, taking its round to $3bn.
Analysis: Chehaoduo receives $1.7bn in series D
The SoftBank Vision Fund I, the $100bn investment vehicle of telecoms conglomerate SoftBank, and VC firm Sequoia Capital China have committed an additional $200m to China-based automotive e-commerce platform Chehaoduo, bringing its series D round to $1.7bn
Analysis: Rapid7 in $145m DivvyCloud deal
US-based cybersecurity software developer DivvyCloud agreed to be acquired by security analytics provider Rapid7 for $145m in a cash and shares transaction that will give an exit to mass media group Discovery Communications.
Analysis: Stripe gets paid $850m
Digital payment provider Stripe raised an extension to its series G round backed by Alphabet. The round is the latest in the payment tech space, which we have seen grow in the past decade.
Analysis: Cohesity gets $250m
Several corporate investors backed the latest $250 round raised by data management platform developer Cohesity at a valuation of $2.5bn. The deal is part of the dynamic broader space of big data technologies which have captivated the attention of corporates over the past decade.
CVC down in Q1 in turbulent market
Quarterly data report: Q1 2020
Coronavirus effect bites in March
Monthly data report: March 2020
Element Science factors in $145m series C
What do you do after you have launched a spinout that has raised venture capital from illustrious backers such as pharmaceutical firm Novo, care provider Kaiser Permanente and medical device manufacturer St Jude Medical, and successfully gone public through a $107m initial public offering?