Exit numbers in October were high thanks to the KRW 10 trillion ($9.4bn) merger of online messaging company Kakao, and internet portal Daum Communications, both based in South Korea.

A round up of third quarter corporate venturing activity.

A look at second quarter corporate venturing activity.

A look at corporate venturing deal activity in August.

The acquisition of China-based digital map service AutoNavi for $1.5bn by Alibaba, secured the biggest corporate venturing exit of the quarter, after Alibaba had previously owned a 28% stake in the company.

There were 456 investments in corporate venturing-backed companies worth $14bn, a sharp rise over the 246 investments worth $5.8bn in the first quarter. There were also 38 exits worth $9.7bn, which was a dramatic rise against the 21 exits worth $5.4bn in the first quarter.

As well as investing in the biggest investments, Alibaba also secured the biggest exits, after it acquired China based digital map service AutoNavi for $1.5bn, having earlier backed it. Alibaba was also a big investor in China-based microblogging platform Weibo, which raised $285.6m in an initial public offering (IPO).

A round-up of the biggest corporate venturing dealmakers in the second quarter.

Corporate venturing units maintained a brisk deal-making pace in the summer with another busy month in June, although activity was down against the bumper spell of deal-making in May.