Corporate venture investors are increasingly active in 2015 and finding themselves in some of the largest recent deals in venture, including rounds to Slack, Zenefits, and 21 Inc. In the first six months of 2015, corporate venture capital investors participated in $7.85B of US-based financings across 357 deals. At the current run-rate, CVC deal activity is on track to top 2014’s high. Corporate VC arms have participated in more than $3B of deals in each of the last 3 quarters.
