Corporate venturers provided more than $7.5bn to companies in 2015, with the software, biotechnology and industrial/energy sectors the big recipients.

Corporate venture capital investors provided more than $7.5bn in funding over the course of 2015, the highest level since 2000, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).

The MoneyTree Report stated that the capital was spread across 905 deals, which accounting for 13% of all VC funding in 2015 and 21% of all deals.

Software companies were the biggest recipients, attracting $2.5bn across 389 deals, and 10.5% of their venture funding was provided by corporates.…