Deals Involving Corporate VCs Are Considerably Larger Than Venture Deals Overall

Corporate investors aren’t just participating in a larger share of venture deals — they’re also in larger deals, period.

Average deal size with corporate venture participation has topped $21M+ in five of the last six quarters, according to CB Insights data. In contrast, overall venture deal sizes have remained under $17M in each quarter over the same period.

The largest deals involving corporate venture groups in the first half of 2015 span a variety of industries from enterprise SaaS (Slack, Zenefits) to bitcoin (21 Inc.) and e-commerce (Jet.com). The full list is below.

The Largest Deals With Corporate VC Participation — First Half 2015

Company	Funding ($M)	Date	Select CVCs
	500	May-15	Comcast Ventures
	217	May-15	Fidelity Biosciences
	165	Apr-15	BBVA Ventures, Credit Suisse NEXT
	160	Apr-15	Google Ventures
	143	Feb-15	Karlani Capital
	140	Feb-15	Google Ventures
	130	Mar-15	Credit Suisse NEXT
	128	May-15	Cisco Investments, Salesforce Ventures
	125	Apr-15	American Express Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures
	117	Feb-15	Comcast Ventures
(21 Inc.)	111	Mar-15	Cisco Investments, Qualcomm Ventures
	110	Mar-15	Salesforce Ventures
	110	Mar-15	Comcast Ventures

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