The following is a snapshot of the data we have collected on investment activity over the past three months. To verify reported deals, we contact about 300 corporate investors each quarter – these comprise roughly 18% of the global CVCs we cover, but account for most of the deals that are made public.
Category: Analysis
Brazil comes to grow in the international venture community
The fourth annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference organized by government agency Apex-Brasil in partnership with Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) was the most popular yet with 700 applications and a who’s who of attendees who “came to grow” in the theme of the event. Since the partnership started in 2016, $184m has been invested in… Continue reading Brazil comes to grow in the international venture community
Tencent thrives on value in its portfolio companies
Company profile: Tencent
How to lose the innovation arms race
Brazil, China, Singapore, Israel and India have been hailed as the most effective patenting nations between 2005 and 2015. The US-based Centre for Advancing Innovation, a non-profit that aims to accelerate tech transfer, and intellectual property analytics and management platform PatSnap have produced The Innovation Arms Race 2018 report – but it is bad news… Continue reading How to lose the innovation arms race
Emerging African opportunities struggle for funding
Innovative region: Africa
Telecoms growth continues
GCV Analytics defines the telecoms sector as encompassing telecoms service providers, wireless connectivity technologies and other related businesses.
Deal temperature rises in July and August
There were 242 corporate-backed rounds reported in July, and 237 in August, considerably higher than those recorded in the same months last year – 211 and 194. Investment value was higher in July at $13.63bn, up from $8.8bn in July last year. August’s investment value, however, at $10.25bn, was considerably lower than last August’s $17.61bn.… Continue reading Deal temperature rises in July and August
Analysis: AnchorFree secures $295m
Media holding WndrCo led a $295m round raised by the mobile VPN provider AnchorFree, part of the broader and vivid cybersecurity space.
Editorial: Europe’s most important budget
Pascal Lamy, the so-called “gendarme” of the European Commission (EC) in the 1980s and 1990s, might have passed on the mantle of most powerful chief of staff and controller to Martin “the monster” Selmayr, now secretary-general for the world’s second-largest economy, but his influence remains on important areas of policy, particularly innovation. In his influential report on… Continue reading Editorial: Europe’s most important budget
Analysis: Toyota adds $500m to Uber
Uber has struck a strategic partnership on autonomous car research with Toyota, which featured a $500m investment from the auto manufacturer at a $72bn valuation.
Analysis: Tencent-backed IPOs
Since the beginning of 2017, Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Analytics has tracked and seen a number of companies backed by China-based internet company Tencent go public in Hong Kong and the US.
Editorial: Tencent plans greater control of Nio
Nio, a China-based smart electric vehicle developer, filed last week to raise up to $1.8bn in an initial public offering in the US but in the details of its offering is an unusual wrinkle for one corporate venturing unit to effectively help control its future strategy through unequal voting rights. Nio’s F-1 filing said: “Each fully paid… Continue reading Editorial: Tencent plans greater control of Nio
Analysis: Orchard raises $150m for gene therapies
Two corporate players backed gene therapeutics firm Orchard Therapeutics in a round that may indicate an uptick in investments in genetics-related tech for this year
Analysis: Uptick in e-commerce last week
Last week, Global Corporate Venturing reported several interesting and sizeable transactions in the e-commerce space from around the globe.