News: '25 VC Outlook

Pitchbook.com and others outlook on United States Venture Capital in 2025

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Timeline

Oct, 2024: statista.com | Venture Capital - United States

• Funding in New York and Silicon Valley

• Corporate VC (i.e., companies setting up investment “arms”)

  • Access to acquisitions, models, and technologies

  • Alignment based investing

  • Mega-deals (i.e., $100M+)

Dec, 2024: Cambridge Associates | 2025 Outlook: Private Equity & Venture Capital

• Chinese VC

• Capital overhang

• Building by vintage, strategy, and sector

• Est. $56T unactivated “US household assets”

• Individual investor may become “the most important investor class”

Dec 16, 2024: Pitchbook.com | US Venture Capital Outlook

• Late-stage and IPO scarcity

• Optimism despite dreariness

• Pressure to provide liquidity

• Public listings may rise

• Valuations may rise