Comment from Charmian Love, co-founder of Volans and B Lab UK
Category: Analysis
January deal count dips
Compared with January 2016 figures, which were particularly robust, deal count and investment amounts fell last month, but both data points were higher than the numbers recorded in December 2016. The number of CVC-backed deals slipped compared with last year’s figures, at 180 rounds versus 192 in the first month of last year. Investment value… Continue reading January deal count dips
Big Deal: SoundHound tracks down corporate investors
A range of corporates invested in the $75m round closed by SoundHound last week, as the company looks to fully establish and grow its conversational AI network.
Big Deal: Ring announces $109m round
The success of the smart doorbell producer, which is backed by Qualcomm, JF Shea and American Family, indicates the potential for internet-of-things startups in the home sphere.
World of Corporate Venturing 2017 Infographic
An overview from our World of Corporate Venturing 2017 report
Lifetime achievement award 2017: Claudia Fan Munce
Lifetime achievement award 2017 presented at the Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit
Global Government Venturing’s year in review
It is perhaps a sign of the times that one of the last funds to be launched in 2016 was a collaboration between Russia and Japan, which created a $1bn fund to strengthen economic ties after a 70-year rift between the two nations. Over the past 12 months, Global Government Venturing has recorded more than… Continue reading Global Government Venturing’s year in review
Global University Venturing’s year in review
Last year is likely to be remembered as a bad year by much of the world. The election of Donald Trump as president of the US, dreaded by a vast majority in Silicon Valley, and the UK’s decision to abandon the EU, dreaded by a vast majority of universities and researchers, have caused geopolitical upset… Continue reading Global University Venturing’s year in review
Corporate venturing continues to grow in 2016
In 2016 GCV Analytics tracked 1,952 deals worth an estimated $83.59bn of total capital raised.
The big opportunities in 2017
Claudia Fan Munce, venture adviser at New Enterprise Associates and former managing director of IBM Venture Capital Group: How innovations that drive growth of the parent corporation are sourced through corporate venturing activities, investing, incubating, business development for commercial partnership, M&A and other things that are part of the corporate venture portfolio of activities.… Continue reading The big opportunities in 2017
The most important trends of 2016
Thank you to our partners, Paul Gompers at Harvard University and the National Bureau of Economic Research, Will Gornall at University of British Columbia, Steven Kaplan at University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the National Bureau of Economic Research, and lya Strebulaev at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the National… Continue reading The most important trends of 2016
The global corporate venturing survey 2017
Results from our Global Corporate Venturing survey
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Introduction
Introduction to the Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017 by James Mawson, editor-in-chief
Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Contents
About the Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017 selection & list of contents