CVC-backed funding soared to an all-time high of $73.1b in 2020, increasing 24% from 2019, despite the overall decline in CVC-backed deals. Additionally, GV, Salesforce Ventures, and Intel Capital again topped the list of most active CVCs. New to the top 10 in 2020 were Qualcomm Ventures, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, and the Slack Fund.
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The 2020 Global CVC Report
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS: - Global CVC-backed deals fall for the first time in more than 5 years: CVC-backed deals declined from a record high of 3,416 in 2019 to 3,359 in 2020. The modest 1.7% year-over-year (YoY) decline is attributable to a slowdown in the first half of 2020. - Global CVC-backed funding reaches record high: CVC-backed funding soared to an all-time high of $73.1B in 2020, increasing 24% from 2019, despite the overall decline in CVC-backed deals.
