Corporate venturing remains too-nuanced an investment class to be definitive but non-US-based fund launches take off while US maintains its pace.
The US remains the largest market for venture capital (VC) fundraising, albeit one that is consolidating, but within the corporate venturing industry it has been overtaken by China and the UK.
The trend has been evident for some time: US venture capitalists invested $68.3bn while raising $55bn over the past three years, according to US law firm Fenwick & West in its barometer of dealmaking in the first three months of the year (first quarter, Q1).
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