Representatives of ABB Technology Ventures and Magna International were among the speakers discussing the trends in advanced manufacturing at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
Tom Whitehouse, GCV contributing editor, hosted a breakout speciality sector session on advanced manufacturing. Douglas Trafelet, managing director of data provider PitchBook, began the session by presenting data on venture capital-backed investments in advanced manufacturing businesses around Europe.
The data suggested that while the deal count in European manufacturing had gone down since 2012, the total capital invested had increased. The top seven deals In manufacturing all involved Russia-based companies, including $1bn for SP Glass at the start…
