Much as the world’s athletes impressed with their vigour in London’s Olympics this year, corporate venturing executives demonstrated their tenacity this summer with a marked spike in dealmaking in August.
Global Corporate Venturing tracked 103 investments in corporate venturing-backed companies in August worth $1.8bn, up significantly against the 81 deals worth $1.3bn in July.
It was also a more active month than the 82 deals in August last year, although in that month deal values reached $3.3bn, with the…