We continue our look at the defining trends in corporate venturing this year, including sports and online gaming, new media consolidation and funding for online education providers.
Sports and gaming gets more competitive
Competitive online sports broke out in a big way in 2015, while physical fitness companies also made the headlines. Fitbit, the wearable fitness tracker producer backed by SoftBank and Qualcomm, raised $841m in a June IPO that returned Qualcomm’s entire $100m Life Fund, and unlike GoPro last year, its share price has actually improved as the year has gone on, rising from $20 at the time of the offering to more than $29…
