CBInsights has published its annual survey on corporate venture capital (CVC). Globally, 2,740 deals were completed raising $52.95 billion. This represented an increase of 32% in number of deals over 2017 and an increase of 47% in total capital raised over the preceding year. The average CVC deal size has reached an all-time high of $26.3 million. CVC investors participated in 23% of all venture backed deals completed in 2018.
The number of new active […]
Mergers & Acquisitions deal activity in the Food and Beverage industry remains strong, with 276 deals closed in 2018. The market witnessed two multi-billion-dollar transactions in the last quarter of 2018 – the acquisition of The Schwan Food Company Inc. by CJ Foods America Corp., which valued the company at $2.3 billion and the acquisition of the Canadian Natural Cheese Business of Kraft Canada Inc. by Parmalat Canada, Inc., for $1.2 billion. Another significant […]
Cyprus boasts an attractive merger and reorganisation regime not only locally (ie, between Cyprus entities), but also at a cross-border, EU level. Apart from the apparent and well-known advantages of merging two companies (eg, the creation of a stronger entity, the avoidance of liquidating group entities, the transfer of assets and liabilities without the need for the novation of contracts or other cumbersome procedures), mergers in Cyprus are also attractive from a tax perspective, […]