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Analysis: Corporates reach Terminus at $283m

Several corporate venturers have backed IoT company Terminus Technologies in a $283m series C1 round. This nine-figure round comes to confirm an upward trend in valuations of such enterprises we have been observing for years.


Aug 19, 2019

Analysis: IPOs of corporate-backed businesses

Last year there was a peak in number of IPOs of corporate-backed emerging business, while the first half of 2019 hosted some much-awaited flotations like those of Uber, Lyft and Slack. We look at the broader picture for corporate-backed companies going public.

Aug 12, 2019

Analysis: Monitoring nine-figure corporate-backed rounds

Rounds above $100m tend to be raised by companies based in the US and China. Last year we saw a record number of corporate-backed rounds.

Aug 4, 2019

Analysis: First-time corporate investors

Since the beginning of 2018, a fifth of all corporate investors whose deals we track appear to be newcomers.

Jul 29, 2019

Analysis: Vungle’s $750m acquisition

Blackstone will purchase the advertising platform Vungle in a deal giving exits to corporates Alphabet and Verizon.

Jul 22, 2019

Analysis: Biontech gets a $325m series B round

Cancer treatment company Biontech raised $325m round backed by Fidelity. The company forms part of the hopeful oncology and cancer treatment subsector of life sciences which has seen much growth and in corporate backing in recent years.

Jul 15, 2019

PitchBook seeks the golden mean of corporate venturing

The latest note by data provider PitchBook found that, in the context of growth in corporate venture capital, the most active CVC arms it examines have shown a strong historical performance and corporate-backed portfolio companies have reaped benefits in the form of higher exit chances and lower bankruptcy rates

Jul 10, 2019

Switzerland’s land of opportunity

Innovative region: Switzerland

Jul 10, 2019

The future for $100m rounds and the innovation economy

It has been a remarkable decade for innovation capital. More than $1 trillion of venture capital had been invested by the end of last year, according to data provider Pitchbook, driven by corporations engaging in more than half that total, according to GCV Analytics.

Jul 10, 2019

IT sector continues to nurture innovation

Sector Analysis: Information Technology

Jul 10, 2019

Slowdown in June

Monthly analysis: June 2019

Jul 10, 2019
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