The number of large deals nearly doubled in the second quarter (Q2).

Corporations – including Intel, Tencent, Yahoo, Salesforce and Workday beyond MTS, Sistema and Google – were heavily involved in Q2’s large deals. This follows a rise in deals exceeding $100m. In the 12 months to the end of the first quarter there were 47 deals of at least $100m, 41 of which included corporate venturing units in their investment histories, according to Global Corporate Venturing.

There were 32…