Comment by James Mawson and Nicolas Sauvage, managing director of TDK Ventures

In the early months of the covid-19 outbreak, Global Corporate Venturing found that as expected, CVC and other venture capital activity slammed on the brakes at the outset of the pandemic and only gradually picked back up as the crisis continued. Despite the overall hesitancy to commit venture funds in the first half of 2020, however, first-time CVC investments more than doubled over the same period in 2019.

Feeding frenzy

Intrigued by this potential trend, GCV and TDK Ventures…