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Why private market strategies are outperforming public ones
The astonishing development of the private capital markets for fast-growing companies in the past five years is easy to record but only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent.
Jan 22, 2019Venturing in 2018 – the trends
Rob Lavine, News editor for Global Corporate Venturing, reviews the trends in venturing from 2018
Jan 22, 2019The most important trends of 2018 and the big issues for 2019
In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what were the most important trends in 2017 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2018.
Jan 22, 2019Analysis: Byton to hitch another $500m ride
Smart car maker Byton seeks to raise another $500m after having raised a $500m corporate-backed rounds last year.
Jan 21, 2019Corporate venturing deal net: 14-18 January 2019
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Jan 18, 2019Corporates help Set Ventures ready third fund
Shell, BNP Paribas and PTT Group have all made commitments to the third fund to be raised by energy-focused VC firm Set Ventures, which is targeting an $85.5m close.
Jan 18, 2019Williams leaves Shell for NGIF
Shell Ventures investment principal Tyler Williams has joined Natural Gas Innovation Fund as an executive committee member.
Jan 17, 2019Evergy revamps branding for investment affiliate
Evergy has rebranded corporate venturing affiliate from GXPI to Evergy Ventures following a 2018 between component utilities Great Plains and Westar Energy.
Jan 17, 2019Driivz arrives with $12m
The EV charging management software provider has secured funding in a round co-led by Centrica that also featured CEZ's Inven Capital.
Jan 16, 2019Analysis: CarDekho crafts $110m
India-based vehicle marketplace CarDekho closed a $110m CapitalG-backed round in the beginning of January, being the first notable deal for this year in the vehicle marketplace space.
Jan 14, 2019Paul Wurth catches Sunfire in series C round
Sunfire, a provider of gas and fuel production equipment, has received $28.8m in a round led by new strategic partner Paul Wurth that included corporates CEZ and Total.
Jan 11, 2019Midea initiates fund with $293m target
Appliance manufacturer Midea is targeting between $147m to $293m for the fund and has contributed $44m through its own investment arm.
Jan 10, 2019Featured Content
The CVC Funding Round DatabaseRealtime data of all startup funding rounds with corporate backers. Full access for GCV+ subscribers.The CVC Funding Round Database
Realtime data of all startup funding rounds with corporate backers. Full access for GCV+ subscribers.
CVC DirectoryFull details of 600+ CVC units globally, including key people, sector focus, preferred investment stage and more. ull access for GCV+ subscribers.CVC Directory
Full details of 600+ CVC units globally, including key people, sector focus, preferred investment stage and more. ull access for GCV+ subscribers.
Corporate venture building reportData from 100+ corporate venture building programmes, including size, budgets, staffing, reporting lines and outcomesCorporate venture building report
Data from 100+ corporate venture building programmes, including size, budgets, staffing, reporting lines and outcomes
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