Roche has agreed to acquire oncology research platform Flatiron in a deal that valued it at $2.15bn, giving GV what would be its fifth latest life sciences exit since the start of November.
Category: Analysis
Analysis: Instacart gets $200m delivered in series E round
US-based grocery delivery service Instacart, which has been backed by multiple corporates previously, raised $200m in a series E round.
Analysis: Ping An Ventures to raise $1.3bn
Ping An Ventures is raising a total of $1.3bn for two life sciences-focused fund: $500m for a dollar-denominated fund and $800m for a renminbi-denominated one.
Analysis: SoftBank Vision Fund invests $300m in Wag
The $97bn Vision fund committed $300m to dog walking service provider Wag
Big Deal: Joby completes $100m funding job
Joby Aviation has raised $100m in an Intel Capital-led series B round that included JetBlue Technology Ventures, indicating the rise in air-based corporate venturing.
GCVI Summit – day 1 report
700 “heroes of impact” gather.
Phase two of nanotechnology and beyond at GCVI Summit
Sector in-depth discussion
Automotive, mobility, travel at GCVI Summit
Sector in-depth discussion with portfolio companies.
Transport drives forward
Sector focus: Transport
Venturing continues to grow
GCV Analytics tracked 2,320 deals worth an estimated total of $109.23bn raised through 2017. The deal count was a minor increase on a year-to-year basis (6%) compared with the 2,173 transactions of 2016. The total value of corporate-backed VC rounds reached a new high, surpassing the $100bn mark. Nearly half of corporate-backed transactions in 2017… Continue reading Venturing continues to grow
Analysis: Strong start for transport in January
The first month of the new year was marked by large and notable deals in the transport sector.
Analysis: Celgene impacts Sanofi in a billion-dollar exit
Celgene has agreed to acquire Impact Biomedicines for a multibillion dollar whose total size may reach $7bn, giving an exit to fellow pharmaceutical company Sanofi. This is a record-setting deal in the life-sciences exits involving corporate investors, where other transactions like IPOs seems to have been in decline.
Global Government Venturing’s year in review
For all the geopolitical upset in world, countless governments around the world found a lot of time to double down on – or get involved in – the venturing space in 2017. The timing was right, therefore, for Global Government Venturing to launch its Leadership Society at the annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit in January,… Continue reading Global Government Venturing’s year in review
Global University Venturing’s year in review
2017 has been a year of change – of positive change, for the most part, but also some shocking developments that took the technology transfer world by surprise. Chief among the latter was the hostile takeover of Touchstone Innovations, the commercialisation firm spun out of Imperial College London, by its peer IP Group. The story… Continue reading Global University Venturing’s year in review