The number of corporate-backed deals in May stood at 202, significantly higher than the 118 funding rounds in the same month last year. Investment value increased by 45% to $9.26bn – up from $6.39bn in May 2016. The deal count in May was higher than the previous month’s 147 rounds. The numbers also compare favourably with most other months this year, except March, when GCV recorded 212 transactions. However, total capital invested in corporate-backed rounds during May declined…

Kaloyan Andonov

Kaloyan Andonov is head of analytics at Global Corporate Venturing.
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