Sector Analysis

Corporate venturing bullishness went on in the summer
28th September 2021
Kaloyan Andonov
Monthly data: July-August 2021
Telecoms recovering from the pandemic
28th September 2021
Kaloyan Andonov
Sector report: Telecoms
Analysis: Freshworks goes public
27th September 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, Jordan Williams
Alphabet-backed CRM software provider Freshworks went public, boasting a market cap of $13.5bn.
Analysis: Prenetics in a $1.25bn reverse merger
20th September 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, Jordan Williams
Alibaba and Ping An-backed Prenetics is set to complete a reverse merger at a $1.25bn valuation. Exits from the broader genetics and gene therapeutics space appear to be in the middle of a valuation spike, according to our data.
Analysis: PayPal pays $2.7bn to Paidy
13th September 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, Jordan Williams
PayPal is to purchase its portfolio company Paidy, a consumer finance service provider. Paidy is part of the wider payment tech space, which has seen an increasing number of exits since last year.
Analysis: Databricks lays out $1.6bn
6th September 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, Jordan Williams
The data analytics software producer, which counts Alphabet, Salesforce and Amazon among as backers, raised a $1.6bn series H at $38bn valuation. It is a case in point for the upward pressure in valuations of companies from this space which we have been seeing.
Analysis: Large corporate-backed rounds
30th August 2021
Kaloyan Andonov
Last year we saw a record number of corporate-backed rounds sized $100 and above and this year has not been any different, already setting records.
Analysis: First-time corporate investors
23rd August 2021
Kaloyan Andonov
Over the past few years, roughly a fifth to a quarter of all corporate investors whose deals we track appear to be newcomers.

Other News

Analysis: OneWeb orbits $300m from Hanwha
16th August 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, Liwen-Edison Fu
A Hanwha subsidiary will take an 8.8% stake in the UK-based satellite connectivity provider OneWeb, helping it increase its funding to $2.7bn since it has resurrected from bankruptcy.
Analysis: GoPuff puffs up $1bn
9th August 2021
Thierry Heles, Kaloyan Andonov
SoftBank’s Vision Fund returned to back the e-commerce business in a $1bn round. Our data suggest upward pressure on valuations in this space as well.
Analysis: Redwood to grow with $700m
2nd August 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, Rob Lavine
Amazon Climate Pledge Fund committed capital to battery recycling services provider at a reported $3.7bn post-money valuation. GCV Analytics data suggest there is a heightened interest in deals from this space and an upward pressure on valuations.
Analysis: HR tech gains momentum
26th July 2021
Kaloyan Andonov, analyst Alessia Argentieri, Jordan Williams, reporters
Our data suggest that valuations in the HR tech space are picking up. Two deals stories from last week confirm the trend.
Oil and gas venturing in Q2 2021
20th July 2021
Kaloyan Andonov
Analysis: oil and gas Q2 2021
Corporate venturing keeps strong momentum in Q2
20th July 2021
Kaloyan Andonov
Quarterly analysis: Q2 2021

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Special report: pandemic has boosted venture dollars across health AI
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