Corporate venture capital (CVC) activity jumped 23% year-over-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2013, spurred by more CVCs doing deals and by a small group of hyperactive corporate venture investors, according to a report from venture capital database curator CB Insights.
The report observes that Q2 2013 saw corporate VCs participate in 126 deals representing total funding of $1.7bn, a climb of 7% YoY, and that deals in which CVCs participated were typically 60% larger than VC deals. Given…
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