2015 begins with a bang

Another busy spree of corporate venturing-linked deal-making in February has seen more than $15bn invested globally in deals since the beginning of the year. During February we tracked 162 corporate-venturing backed investments worth $5bn, which compared to 209 investments tracked in January worth $10.5bn. In February we also tracked seven exits and three initial public offerings (IPOs) worth $2.3bn, which was up from six exits and three IPOs worth $898.4m in February.

The largest investment was e-commerce company Alibaba investing $590m in China-based smartphone…