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COVID-19
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Deals trends across various sectors during COVID-19
Investment Monitor’s COVID-19 deal tracker monitors deals that took place across various sectors during the pandemic.
Deals trends: Q1 2020 – Q2 2021
90,730 Venture Financing
Total Value US$m: 1,469,448.4
YOY Change: 146.1%
87,887 Acquisition
Total Value US$m: 10,629,659.2
YOY Change: 40.3%
64,853 Equity Offering
Total Value US$m: 5,256,299.8
YOY Change: -5.3%
35,938 Debt Offering
Total Value US$m: 13,587,808
YOY Change: -36.9%
31,712 Asset Transaction
Total Value US$m: 3,064,847.6
YOY Change: -5.2%
21,613 Private Equity
Total Value US$m: 3,523,859.1
YOY Change: 57.0%
14,578 Partnership
Total Value US$m: 310,216.3
YOY Change: -
5,565 Merger
Total Value US$m: 1,442,174.1
YOY Change: 75.1%
3,239 Licensing Agreement
Total Value US$m: 386,279
YOY Change: 6.7%
1,513 Grant
Total Value US$m: 888.3
YOY Change: -100%
537 Contract Service Agreement
Total Value US$m: 1,040.5
YOY Change: -100%
1 Sponsorship
Total Value US$m: 0.1
YOY Change: -100%
Innovation across sectors during COVID-19
To best track innovation in response to COVID-19’s impact on various sectors, Investment Monitor tracks patent filings and grants, as well as the companies that hold most patents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Number of patents: Q1 2018 – Q2 2021
COVID-19 patents tracker monitors the patents filings and grants across various sectors pre- and post-outbreak.
Note: Application counts are based on publications. Patent applications which are not published yet are not considered for analysis. Publication may take up to 18 months from the application of patents.
Top Patent Applicants across sectors: Pre-COVID-19 (Filing Year 2018 – 2019)
Investment Monitor patent ownership data monitors patent applicants before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Top Patent Applicants across sectors: Post-COVID-19 (Filing Year 2020 – H1 2021)
Investment Monitor patent ownership data monitors patent applicants after the COVID-19 outbreak.
Note: Application counts are based on publications. Patent applications which are not published yet are not considered for analysis. Publication may take up to 18 months from the application of patents.
Number of COVID-19 mentions in filings: Q1 2020 – Q2 2021
Investment Monitor tracks thousands of companies and their annual and quarterly filings. Our analysis monitors the mentions of COVID-19 in those filings during the pandemic.
COVID-19 versus Top 5 themes
Investment Monitor compares COVID-19 mentions in filings versus mentions of other top themes in filings data during the pandemic.
Top 10 companies with COVID-19 mentions in filings
Investment Monitor tracks which companies mention COVID-19 in filings most during the pandemic.
Jobs insights across various sectors during COVID-19
Investment Monitor tracks live company jobs postings to assess the impact of COVID-19 on various sectors.
Job trends across sectors
The COVID-19 jobs tracker looks at jobs posted, closed and active to assess the impact of the pandemic on jobs across sectors.
Most active companies: Jobs
Investment Monitor’s jobs tracker lists companies with most jobs posted during the COVID-19 period.
Influencer discussions on COVID-19
Investment Monitor tracks the mentions of COVID-19 by pre-identified influencers on Twitter. The graph indicates the volume of Tweets mentioning COVID-19 through recent months.
