The following is a snapshot of the data we have collected on investment activity over the past three months. To verify reported deals, we contact about 300 corporate investors each quarter – these comprise roughly 18% of the global CVCs we cover, but account for most of the deals that are made public.
In the third quarter, GCV Analytics tracked 726 funding rounds involving corporate venturers, a 17% increase over the 620 rounds recorded in the same quarter of last year. However, the estimated total investment stood at $33.6bn, down 6% from the $35.61bn recorded in the same period last year.
The US hosted the largest number of funding rounds, nearly half at 348. China came second with 79 deals, India third with 53, and the UK fourth with 39. There was a slight decrease in the number of deals compared with the second quarter of this year, down from 739. Estimated total investment went down considerably from $50.43bn, or 33%.
Emerging enterprises from the IT, health, financial and services sectors proved the most attractive for corporate venturers. The top funding rounds by size, however, were raised mostly by companies from a variety of sectors.
