Corporate Venture Groups Accounted for 19% of All Venture Capital Deals in First Quarter

WASHINGTON, DC – Corporate venture groups invested $2.2 billion in 196 deals to U.S.-based companies in the first quarter of 2015, according to the MoneyTree Report™ from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. Corporate venture accounted 16.6% of total venture dollars invested and 19.0% of all venture deals for the quarter. Total dollar investment in the first quarter is up significantly compared to the fourth quarter of 2014 when corporate venture groups deployed $1.4 billion in 199 deals. Part of the dramatic increase can be attributed to a $900 million investment by Google Ventures in SpaceX.