There are venture capital transactions with a scale of more than US $1 billion in all regions of the world, in which super large transactions play a leading role
In this quarter, super large transactions continue to dominate, and there are still a lot of transactions with a scale of more than US $1 billion, especially if a large number of US $100 million financing transactions are taken into account. In the third quarter of 2021, a large number of financing transactions were completed in all regions of the world. In Asia, flipkart, an Indian e-commerce platform, received US $3.6 billion in financing, and byju, an Indian online education platform, received US $1.7 billion in financing; China’s Honeycomb energy (svolt) received US $1.5 billion in financing. In the Americas, there were seven financing transactions with a scale of more than US $1 billion in the United States, namely: electric vehicle manufacturer rivian (with us $2.5 billion in financing), alternative energy infrastructure company generate (with us $2 billion in financing) and big data company databricks (financing of US $1.6 billion), online vocational education platform article (financing of US $1.5 billion), medical insurance service provider invoked health (financing of US $1.2 billion), financial technology company chime (financing of US $1.1 billion), and distribution start-up gopuff (financing of USD 1 billion). In Europe, gorillas company of Germany obtained USD 950 million financing, ranking first in the region; followed by London based UK financial technology startup revolut, which obtained USD 800 million financing transactions.
In the third quarter of 2021, investors’ interest in ESG and clean technology increased significantly
Investors show strong interest in investing in ESG and clean technology, especially in electric vehicles, clean energy, mobile, infrastructure and other fields. In the third quarter of 2021, many of the world’s largest transactions were carried out around clean technology, including US $2.5 billion financing for American electric vehicle manufacturer rivian, US $2 billion financing for American alternative energy infrastructure company generate, US $1.5 billion financing for Chinese energy storage company honeycomb energy, and US $700 million financing for American battery recycling company Redwood materials.
Emerging areas such as ESG and clean technology are rapidly gaining capital attention, which is a strong evidence, German Grover company (which is committed to providing technology product leasing to maximize the realization of circular economy) obtained US $1 billion in debt financing in the third quarter of 2021. Investors are also interested in food technology and other related fields; in the third quarter of 2021, Israeli meat breeding company Aleph farms obtained US $105 million in financing.
