Sector Analysis

Analysis: Lufax raises $1.33bn

10th December 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

China-based wealth management and lending platform has raised a large round backed by six corporate venturer and a sovereign investment fund.

Analysis: Autodesk lays out $875m PlanGrid acquisition

3rd December 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

Collaboration platform for the construction industry PlanGrid was acquired by software developer Autodesk for $875m.

Analysis: Large deals in East Asian e-commerce

26th November 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

Two large and important deals above the $1bn mark in the e-commerce and e-retail space in East Asia appeared in the news last week. Both deals involved telecoms group SoftBank as a corporate backer.

Finance finds the way forward

13th November 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

GCV Analytics defines the financial services sector as encompassing payment technologies and cryptocurrencies, personal finance and wealth management, insurance, alternative lending, crowdfunding, client and risk analytics, firms and funds, social investing and others.

The future of energy: Different horses for different courses

10th October 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

Kaloyan Andonov of GCV spoke to Geert van de Wouw, vice-president at Shell Ventures, the venturing subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major Shell about the future of energy and how the rebranded venturing arm under his command tackles it.

Telecoms growth continues

11th September 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

GCV Analytics defines the telecoms sector as encompassing telecoms service providers, wireless connectivity technologies and other related businesses.

Analysis: Uptick in e-commerce last week

13th August 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

Last week, Global Corporate Venturing reported several interesting and sizeable transactions in the e-commerce space from around the globe.

Activity in IT cools down for another year

12th July 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

Sector focus: IT

Other News

Health innovations push the sector forward

20th June 2018

Kaloyan Andonov

GCV Analytics defines the health sector as encompassing pharmaceuticals, medical and diagnostic devices, healthcare IT and administration, care provision and on-demand services as well as other health businesses.