Angels looking for expansion capital for their deals might be
well advised to look to Corporate Venture Funds (CVC) according to the Q3 2013 Corporate Venture Capital Report
published today by CBInsights.
With limited partners continuing to reduce their investments in
traditional VC funds, the
large balance sheets of corporate investors are becoming increasingly important
in the VC ecosystem. In Q3, CVCs participated in deals that represented just
under 30% of overall VC funding. And while corporate VCs typically invest in
later stage deals, many of them have worked with angel groups in the past.
Of the most active CVCs shown in the chart below, our local group, the eCoast Angels, has invested alongside Intel Capital and Motorola. James Geshwiler of the Common Angels says they have invested with several of these CVCs, Google Ventures and Intel Capital, as well as Salesforce and Autodesk. Chrstopher Mirabile at Launchpad Venture Group cites Google Ventures and Intel (and perhaps In-Q-Tel in the past).
Some highlights from the report.
Google Ventures tops the list of most active CVC
investors in U.S.-based companies in Q3’13, followed by Intel Capital, Samsung
Ventures and SAP Ventures. Only two healthcare CVCs, Johnson & Johnson
Development Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline’s SR One were among the top 10 most
active.
The average deal size with CVC participation rose
yet again in Q3’13 to hit $17.0M on average. The deal size gap versus overall
VC averages in Q3’13 was the widest in five quarters, highlighting the
concentration of CVC funding at the mid and later stages and strong balance
sheets of corporate venture investors.
New York’s share of corporate venture deals topped
Mass. for the first time in five quarters. But despite more deals, NY’s share
of CVC funding fell to just 7% - a five-quarter low.
Despite early stage (Seed, Series A) CVC deal share
increasing from Q2’13, CVC funding share at the early stage matched a
five-quarter low at a combined 9%. A whopping 81% of CVC funding went to mid
and later stage (Series C+) funding rounds.
The number of CVCs actively investing remained
consistent with Q2’13 levels. But compared to Q4’11, the number of CVCs in the
market has jumped 29%.
The most active CVCs in Q3 have also recorded the
most exits (M&A and IPO) in the first three quarters of 2013. Intel Capital
leads CVCs based on total exits by U.S.-based portfolio companies, followed by
Google Ventures and a three-way tie for the #3 spot between SAP Ventures,
Samsung Ventures and Mitsui Ventures.
The top 3 mobile & telecom CVC deals took 70% of
Q3 mobile CVC funding, which more than doubled Q2’13’s funding amount and
marked the highest quarterly total since the start of 2012. On a year-over-year
and sequential basis, mobile CVC deals increased 68% and 39%, respectively.
CVC investment in healthcare hit a five quarter low
in Q3’13. Compared to Q2’13, deals and funding in the quarter declined by 41%
and 27% respectively. Deals and funding were also down on a YoY basis.
Clean Tech saw under 10 deals with participation
from Corporate VCs for the third quarter in a row. Funding levels were anemic
in Q3’13, dropping below $100M for the second time in five quarters.
For the first time since Q2’12, California saw CVC
funding cross the $1B mark behind a surge in mobile funding.
Many of the observations above are illustrated in the published report, which contains more than 50 pages of geographic, industry and funding round stage
breakdowns.
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