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Strong third quarter for corporate venturing

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.

Editorial: US firestarters focus on government-funded research commercialisation

A fire is being lit in the US as Chinese competition comes increasingly to the forefront of the attention of its political leaders. One battleground coming into view concerns how much the American government is getting by way of jobs and economic development from its federally-funded research and development (R&D) dollars. As one Beltway veteran… Continue reading Editorial: US firestarters focus on government-funded research commercialisation

Summer slowdown

Over the summer months of July and August we tracked a total of 235 investment deals involving corporate venture investors, with an estimated $9.87bn of total capital involved. More than half of all tracked deals (142) took place in the US. Other important investment geographies were China (24) and India (16). The number of deals… Continue reading Summer slowdown