GCV Analytics analysis shows that most venturing rounds have experienced growth in their median dollar size, though later rounds have experienced a more pronounced increase.

The chart below, provided by GCV Analytics, summarises the size evolution of different corporate backed venturing rounds. On the whole, later rounds seem to have grown in size more considerably than earlier stage rounds.

Seed rounds´ median size has fluctuated between $1m and $2m, indicating no significant changes, either upward or downward, over the past six years.

This is likely because such rounds are often not the most interesting to corporate venturers due to the relatively higher risk involved…

Kaloyan Andonov

Kaloyan Andonov is head of analytics at Global Corporate Venturing.