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Big Deal: SoftBank Vision Fund goes big
Vision Fund's $2.5bn investment in Flipkart last week, together with its huge bets on Fanatics and Roivant, could indicate where it plans to invest in the longer term.
Aug 14, 2017Editorial: Sports venturing offers the brave a way to swim in money
It is, as these deals in the past week show, a remarkable time in sports and content as the change in distribution routes also affects the $40bn advertising industry.
Aug 13, 2017Big Deal: Bristol-Myers Squibb tunes into IFM
The pharmaceutical company's acquisition of Novartis-backed IFM Therapeutics, consisting of $300m upfront and up to $2bn in milestone payments, is its fourth purchase of a CVC-backed company in under four years.
Aug 7, 2017Editorial: Value shifting from ideas towards large company investors
More value and focus should be on the investors scaling up the business rather than those coming up with the idea and helping the entrepreneur set up a business.
Aug 5, 2017Big Deal: Grab snatches $2bn
Existing investors SoftBank and Didi Chuxing invested $2bn at a $6bn post-money valuation, and Grab aims to use the money to expand its services far beyond ride hailing.
Jul 24, 2017Big Deal: Yandex Taxi catches an Uber
Uber's operations in four Eastern European countries will merge with Yandex Taxi in a deal that could signify it plans to take a less direct, CVC-influenced approach to some markets.
Jul 17, 2017University venturing and the future of higher education
University corner: venture has increasingly become the tip of the innovation spear
Jul 11, 2017The towering role of governments in innovation
Government house: governments try to push the levers for more innovation
Jul 11, 2017Corporates immersed in virtual and augmented reality
Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, evaluates the rise in corporate-backed rounds raised by emerging VR & AR enterprises
Jul 11, 2017Explore GCV data
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The World of Corporate VenturingGCV's annual report on the state of the corporate investment sectorThe World of Corporate Venturing
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Corporate venture building reportData from 100+ corporate venture building programmes, including size, budgets, staffing, reporting lines and outcomesCorporate venture building report
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