The Art of Corporate Venture

Sector focus: Transport

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.

Rob Lavine, News editor for Global Corporate Venturing, reviews the trends in venturing from 2018

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.

Smart car maker Byton seeks to raise another $500m after having raised a $500m corporate-backed rounds last year.

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.

We present you three charts that summarise some of the major trends and highlights in corporate venturing from 2018 and years prior

The first flotation of a ride hailing business, expected in early 2019, will give an exit to a range of corporate investors and will move this business model into public markets.

In the second half of our guide to corporate venturing's biggest trends in 2018, we look at the growth of Chinese tech companies, genomics, advances in transport tech and the growth of the scooter rental space.

In part one of our 2018 trends round up, we examine the ubiquity of SoftBank's Vision Fund, the increased willingness of unicorns to go public, and increased activity in the crypto and agriculture spaces.