Global University Venturing looks at the investment and exit figures of 2018 and talks to some of the thought leaders that made it a record-breaking twelve months.

Annual review: 2018

The astonishing development of the private capital markets for fast-growing companies in the past five years is easy to record but only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent.

In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what were the most important trends in 2017 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2018.

We present you three charts that summarise some of the major trends and highlights in corporate venturing from 2018 and years prior

Our prediction that we would see the highest number of deals yet in a calendar year has come true with another quarter still ahead of us.

Sector report: Energy

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.

Indiana University has marked a successful three-year period during which it reported 154 licensing agreements and $17.1m in tech transfer revenue.