This document analyzes corporate venture capital group investment from 1995 through the first half of 2008. It provides data on the number and size of deals, total investment amounts, industry breakdown of investments, and corporate venture capital investment in clean technology. Some key findings are that the percentage of deals and dollars involving corporate venture capital has increased over time, peaking at around 20-25% in recent years. Information technology and medical/health sectors received over half of corporate venture capital investments. Investment in clean technology by corporate venture capital has also increased in recent years to over 10% of their total investments.
3. Corporate Venture Capital Group Investment Analysis 1995 Through Q2 2008
7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 7/1/2003 to 6/30/2004 7/1/2003 to 6/30/2004
CVC All VC CVC All VC
Sector % of Inv % of Inv % of Inv % of Inv
Information Technology 52.65 52.31 59.06 61.60
Medical/Health/Life Science 26.36 28.49 37.75 29.06
Non-High Technology 20.99 19.20 3.19 9.34
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Reuters
4. Corporate Venture Capital Group Investment Analysis 1995 Through Q2 2008
Year
Total CVC
Investment
$M
Total CVC
Investment
in Clean
Tech $M
Calculated
Percentage of
Clean Tech
Dollars Coming
from CVCs
1995 433.77 0.00 0.0%
1996 729.41 0.00 0.0%
1997 995.02 0.00 0.0%
1998 1,728.61 6.01 0.3%
1999 8,221.43 23.84 0.3%
2000 16,680.26 68.03 0.4%
2001 4,961.46 65.11 1.3%
2002 1,984.19 60.28 3.0%
2003 1,305.06 16.82 1.3%
2004 1,567.70 47.55 3.0%
2005 1,586.28 39.45 2.5%
2006 2,071.52 167.70 8.1%
2007 2,584.46 357.27 13.8%
1H08 1,052.64 116.58 11.1%
Total 45,901.80 968.64 2.1%
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Reuters