Some 37 corporate-backed startups were either acquired or taken public in October, with the total value of exits at $4.37bn, a significant rise on last year.

In total dollar terms, October's exits totalled $4.37bn, marking a 53% rise compared to the $2.83bn from the same period last year.
In October, we tracked 37 corporate-backed startups that we were either acquired or listed on public markets. This figure was up 16% from the 32 we tracked in the same month a year ago.

There was considerable diversity in the largest exits in October. While the top ...

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Kaloyan Andonov

Kaloyan Andonov is head of analytics at Global Corporate Venturing.