3D printing developer Carbon raised a new round reaching $260m and featuring corporate backers from different sectors.
Category: Analysis
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
Focus: Fintech disruption
GCV editor-in-chief James Mawson closed the second day of the symposium by moderating a discussion on the impact financial technology developers are having on incumbent banks.
Focus: Blockchain benefits
Blockchain technology is an opportunity to change the way we see illiquid assets of ownership including venture capital, with implications for all stakeholders, according to a discussion moderated by GCV editor-in-chief James Mawson.
The Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2019
Review of the GCV Symposium 2019 by Callum Cyrus and Jack Hammond, reporters
UK performing well despite political turbulence
Innovative region: UK
Venturing increases in May
Monthly analysis: May 2019
Research reward – GUV’s award for spinout investment
Winner of the CVC Investment in a Spinout of the Year: Ribon Therapeutics – Novartis Venture Fund, Johnson & Johnson Innovation–JJDC, Takeda Ventures, Celgene
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.