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A Hamburg bank's venture arm, not Google or Salesforce, was the most active corporate investor of Q2 2026
Number of investments in Q2 2026 by the 20 most active corporate venture arms. All corporate venture activity totalled 1,087 deals, against 1,338 in Q2 2025 per Aranca's regional table. Highlighted bars are arms with a Family Office Club research profile (4 of 20).
Source: Aranca, Corporate Venture Capital Deal Analysis Q2 2026 (Quarterly Spotlight), which uses PitchBook data and Aranca analysis; period April to June 2026, last deals to July 2026. Profile status from Family Office Club research, 2026-09-30.
Data behind this graphic
| Rank | Corporate venture arm | Parent | Investments in Q2 2026 | Lifetime investments | Lifetime exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IFB Innovationsstarter | IFB Bank Hamburg | 22 | 447 | 105 |
| 2 | Baidu Ventures | Baidu | 19 | 398 | 51 |
| 2 | GV | Alphabet | 19 | 1,396 | 457 |
| 4 | Coinbase Ventures | Coinbase Global | 18 | 674 | 153 |
| 5 | SBI Investment | SBI Holdings | 17 | 708 | 196 |
| 6 | Global Brain | none listed | 16 | 763 | 189 |
| 6 | Salesforce Ventures | Salesforce | 16 | 1,073 | 350 |
| 8 | NVentures | Nvidia | 14 | 92 | 4 |
| 8 | SND Ventures Group | SND Group | 14 | 369 | 38 |
| 10 | Rainmatter Capital | Zerodha Broking | 13 | 212 | 12 |
| 10 | SMBC Venture Capital | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 13 | 798 | 247 |
| 12 | China Capital Management | China Securities | 11 | 288 | 43 |
| 12 | Dragonball Capital | Meituan | 11 | 103 | 14 |
| 12 | Samsung Venture Investment | Samsung Electronics | 11 | 690 | 305 |
| 15 | Zhejiang Caitong Capital Investment | Caitong Securities | 10 | 85 | 11 |
| 16 | Guotai Junan Innovation Investment | Guotai Junan Securities | 9 | 95 | 15 |
| 16 | InfoEdge Ventures | Info Edge (India) | 9 | 200 | 24 |
| 16 | Shangqi Capital | Hengxu Capital | 9 | 248 | 50 |
| 19 | AMD Ventures | Advanced Micro Devices | 8 | 95 | 35 |
| 19 | Fosun Venture Capital Investment | Fosun International | 8 | 178 | 43 |
Source: Aranca, Corporate Venture Capital Deal Analysis Q2 2026 (Quarterly Spotlight), which uses PitchBook data and Aranca analysis; period April to June 2026, last deals to July 2026. Profile status from Family Office Club research, 2026-09-30.
Only 11 of 22 corporate venture arms we researched publish any size, and those numbers measure 5 different things
Headline size in US$ millions (log scale) as each arm or its parent states it. Color shows what the number counts. Hollow markers are announced programs or targets, our own currency conversions, or unconfirmed third-party estimates, not committed or deployed capital.
Source: Family Office Club research index of 22 corporate venture profiles, built from CVC websites, parent press releases and trade press (for example GV 2026, Salesforce Ventures 2026-07-31, Aramco Ventures 2024-01-17, Fortune 2024-01-17 for M12); profiles compiled 2026-09-30. Index file dated 2026-10-01 10:07.
Data behind this graphic
| Corporate venture arm | Headline size (US$M) | What the number counts | Announced, converted or unconfirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GV | 13,000 | AUM or capital under management | No |
| Aramco Ventures | 7,500 | Announced program or target | Yes |
| Salesforce Ventures | 7,000 | Cumulative invested | No |
| Amazon Industrial Innovation | 1,000 | Announced program or target | Yes |
| Novartis Venture Fund | 750 | AUM or capital under management | No |
| MC Global Innovation (Mitsubishi) | 340 | Single fund | Yes |
| BMW i Ventures | 300 | Single fund | No |
| M12 (Microsoft) | 275 | Annual allocation | No |
| Bosch Ventures | 270 | Single fund | Yes |
| Itau Ventures | 90 | Announced program or target | Yes |
| MELI Fund (Mercado Libre) | 60 | Cumulative invested | Yes |
| Qualcomm Ventures | Not disclosed | No fund size. Self-reported 3B USD or more deployed in total | |
| Samsung Catalyst | Not disclosed | No fund size. Launch commitment was 100M USD | |
| NVentures (NVIDIA) | Not disclosed | Balance sheet; no fixed fund size | |
| N47 (Siemens) | Not disclosed | Initial commitment EUR 1B in 2016; current size not confirmed | |
| JJDC (J&J) | Not disclosed | Fund size undisclosed | |
| Pfizer Ventures | Not disclosed | Fund size undisclosed | |
| Coinbase Ventures | Not disclosed | Balance sheet; no fund size | |
| Prosus Ventures | Not disclosed | Balance sheet; no fund | |
| Tencent Investment | Not disclosed | Balance sheet, not a fund. RMB 5B industry fund in 2011 | |
| Naver D2SF | Not disclosed | Fund size not published | |
| Reliance GenNext (Jio) | Not disclosed | INR 5,000 crore announced in 2016 (no USD figure in index) |
Source: Family Office Club research index of 22 corporate venture profiles, built from CVC websites, parent press releases and trade press (for example GV 2026, Salesforce Ventures 2026-07-31, Aramco Ventures 2024-01-17, Fortune 2024-01-17 for M12); profiles compiled 2026-09-30. Index file dated 2026-10-01 10:07.
Corporate venture deal counts have fallen from 2,350 in Q1 2022 to 1,087 in Q2 2026
Number of deals completed by corporate venture funds each quarter, January 2021 to June 2026, as counted by Aranca from PitchBook data. The latest quarter is highlighted.
Source: Aranca, Corporate Venture Capital Deal Analysis Q2 2026 (Quarterly Spotlight), which uses PitchBook data and Aranca analysis. Quarterly figures read from the report's chart; yearly totals in the report match the sum of the quarters. Chart redrawn by Family Office Club research, 2026-10-01.
Data behind this graphic
| Year | Quarter | Deals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Q1 | 1,897 |
| 2021 | Q2 | 1,945 |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2,147 |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2,189 |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2,350 |
| 2022 | Q2 | 1,965 |
| 2022 | Q3 | 1,761 |
| 2022 | Q4 | 1,662 |
| 2023 | Q1 | 1,666 |
| 2023 | Q2 | 1,480 |
| 2023 | Q3 | 1,387 |
| 2023 | Q4 | 1,447 |
| 2024 | Q1 | 1,171 |
| 2024 | Q2 | 1,069 |
| 2024 | Q3 | 1,428 |
| 2024 | Q4 | 1,055 |
| 2025 | Q1 | 1,505 |
| 2025 | Q2 | 1,338 |
| 2025 | Q3 | 1,303 |
| 2025 | Q4 | 1,272 |
| 2026 | Q1 | 1,236 |
| 2026 | Q2 | 1,087 |
Source: Aranca, Corporate Venture Capital Deal Analysis Q2 2026 (Quarterly Spotlight), which uses PitchBook data and Aranca analysis. Quarterly figures read from the report's chart; yearly totals in the report match the sum of the quarters. Chart redrawn by Family Office Club research, 2026-10-01.
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