The top 25: Shobhna Mohn, Bertelsmann
Category: Analysis
GCV Powerlist 2017: #6 Tom Heyman
The top 25: Tom Heyman, Johnson & Johnson
GCV Powerlist 2017: #5 Sue Siegel
The top 25: Sue Siegel GE Ventures
GCV Powerlist 2017: #4 Larry Illg
The top 25: Larry Illg, Naspers
GCV Powerlist 2017: #3 Wendell Brooks
The top 25: Wendell Brooks, Intel Capital
GCV Powerlist 2017: #2 Jeffrey Li
The top 25: Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Li Tencent Investment
GCV Powerlist 2017: #1 Rajeev Misra
The top 25: Rajeev Misra, Softbank capital
Big Deal: Didi Chuxing collects $5.5bn
The SoftBank-backed round could give the China-based ride hailing company the financial base it needs to compete internationally, where it may well use its CVC investments to forge a path.
Big Deal: Cloudera gathers $225m in IPO
Big data software provider Cloudera has gone public, but the gap between its market cap and the valuation at which Intel invested three years ago may be an ill omen for backers of other unicorns.
Big Deal: Oyo to make room for $250m
SoftBank is reportedly set to invest $225m to lead the hotel booking platform’s latest round as part of a large-scale Indian online services investment strategy.
Deal count ticks up in Q1
In the first quarter of 2017, GCV Analytics tracked 563 funding rounds involving corporate venturers, a 7% increase over the 525 rounds recorded in Q1 2016. However, the estimated total investment slipped to $19.12bn, down 4% from $20.01bn last year. The US hosted almost half these funding rounds (272), while China came in second with… Continue reading Deal count ticks up in Q1
Reinventure pioneers fintech venturing model
Profile: Reinventure
University venturing in Australia
Innovative region: Australia’s university venturing
Australia bolsters triple helix collaboration
Moves to strengthen corporate, government and university innovation links