Corporate venturing dealmaking is on track to return to pre-credit crunch levels this year.

In the first 10 months there were nearly 900 corporate venturing (CV) deals, including 116 flotations and other exits, worldwide, according to Global Corporate Venturing.

Of the 899 so far this year, 589 were announced deals with disclosed rounds worth an aggregate $34.1bn, including $12bn of disclosed exit valuations, as tracked by Global Corporate Venturing.

The biggest disclosed rounds were primarily for companies ahead of their flotation on a stock exchange (see table). The top 10 includes social network…