In Q3’13, deal activity by corporate venture arms reached the highest levels since the start of 2011. And driving the growth in corporate venture deals are a small band of CVCs more active than the rest.
Peeling back the most active corporate venture arms in U.S. companies last quarter reveals that Google Ventures tops the list of most active CVCs, followed by Intel Capital, Samsung Ventures and SAP Ventures. With massive cash positions on the balance sheets of public tech companies, the top 5 most active CVCs in Q3’13 all came from tech sector.
