Sector focus: Industrial
GCV Analytics defines the industrial sector as encompassing manufacturing equipment, artificial and advanced materials, industrial chemicals, agriculture and agtech, robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles, space and satellite tech, additive manufacturing (3D printing), among other things.
GCV reported 227 venturing rounds involving corporate investors from the industrial sector between February 2017 and January 2018. More than half of those (118) took place in the US, while 21 were hosted in China and 12 in India.