It’s always interesting, every now and then, to take a look at who the top venture capital investing firms and corporations are.
Top Corporate Venture Capital Investors
Before taking a look at the top corporate venture capital investors according to VentureDeal, which companies would you guess would be at the top? Would it be tech companies like Google and Microsoft, companies which have well-known venture capital arms within the respective corporations? Would any so-called Main Street firms show up on your list, such as GE or Exxon Mobil?
Here’s the list.
Perhaps surprisingly (although probably not), Intel Capital shows up on the top of the corporate venture capital investors. In the past 12 months, Intel has invested in 44 companies. The remaining members of the top four include Comcast Ventures (37 investments), GE Ventures (36 investments), BDC Venture Capital (36 investments). Rounding out the list are Salesforce Ventures (33 investments) who tied with GV (33 investments), followed by Samsung Ventures (23 investments), Bloomberg Beta (20 investments), Cisco Investments (19 investments), and Alexandria Venture Investments (16 investments).
Some notable missing companies include Apple, Microsoft, Google, and various other big American companies.
Source: VentureDeal
Top Venture Capital Investing Firms
Moving on to the top venture capital investing firms, here’s a look at the top firms over the past 12 months and the top firms since 2003.
Before looking, take a guess. Do you think the most famous venture capital firms, such as Andreessen Horowitz or Sequoia Capital show up on the top?
Interesting, over the past 12 months, the top venture capital investing firm is New Enterprise Associates, with 82 investments. New Enterprise Associates far outpaces second place Accel Partners (57 investments), and the remaining members of the top five. The remaining firms include Adreessen Horowitz (53 investments), Greycroft Partners (49 investments), and Khosla Ventures (48 investments).
Other members of the top 10 include Sequoia Capital (48 investments), Index Ventures (47 investments), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (46 investments), Bessemer Venture Partners (45 investments), and First Round Capital (44 investments).
Source: VentureDeal
Would you guess list is consistent since 2003? Here’s that look.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, many members of top investors of the past 12 months show up on the top investors since 2003 list.
In first place is New Enterprise Associates at 960. New Enterprise Associates comes in first in both lists. Other members of the top five include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers at 710, Accel Partners at 585, Sequoia Capital at 569, and DFJ at 560. Interesting.
Source: VentureDeal
Conclusion
In looking at the top corporate venture capital investing companies, Intel Corporation comes out on top at 44 investments over the prior 12 months. The remaining top five corporate investors include Comcast, GE Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, and Salesforce Ventures.
In looking at the top venture capital investing firms, the leading firm is New Enterprise Associates, followed by Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Greycroft Partners, and Khosia Ventures.
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