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In 2025, venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more – Pivot to AI

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#Pitchbook are bullish on #VC in 2025 especially for #scaleups https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/2025-us-venture

Generative AI companies raised $56B globally in 2024 across 885 deals, a 192% jump from 2023! 🚀 However, non-US startups secured just $6.2B. #AI #GenerativeAI #VentureCapital #VCFunding #Startups #TechInvestment #GlobalTech #AIStartups #PitchBook #Innovation

Fiscal Solvency Stalwarts Rank #MelonHusk's Tweet Takeover Amongst Worst #FinancialBloodbath Episodes Since 2008 Financial Crash. Twitter's value has plummeted, and much of its marketshare has sunk since the deal was signed.

7 unlucky global banks signed up for the deal including #BofA and #MorganStanley, #Barclays, #Mitsubishi, #BNP Paribas, and all have lost #Billions. According to data from #PitchBook LCD, the loans have "hung" (on books without a buyer) longer than every unsold deal since the 2008-09 financial crisis for which the research firm has complete records.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-is-now-the-worst-buyout-for-banks-since-the-financial-crisis-3f4272cb?st=7kuvjx18fkgri9q #PaywallFree #WSJ #TwitterDown

Silicon Valley has an AI boom invigorating global investments - Silicon Valley has observed a substantial rise in investments allocated towards ar... - https://readwrite.com/silicon-valley-has-an-ai-boom-invigorating-global-investments/ #siliconvalley #readwrite #pitchbook #chapgpt #ai

Venture Investment in Crypto Drops to New Low: Report - Despite a gloomy outlook for venture capital, some segments of the crypto market a... - https://dailycoin.com/venture-investment-in-crypto-drops-to-new-low/ #zzzeditorspicks #venturecapital #zz_popular #pitchbook #adoption #zz_index #zz_top #report

Exit comeback: After big slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, analysts optimistic for a rebound - SVB Private’s Chief Investment Officer Shannon Saccocia at the Aerlume Seattle re... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/exit-comeback-after-big-slowdown-in-ipo-and-ma-activity-analysts-optimistic-for-a-rebound/ #siliconvalleybank #venturedebt #pitchbook #startups #ipo #m&a #ey

European VC soars in Q1 - A stunning first quarter in venture capital funding was not restricted to the Unit... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/FoXUfMCWCT4/ #fundings&exits #venturecapital #ecnewsanalysis #ecnewsletter #theexchange #crunchbase #eustartups #deliveroo #pitchbook #startups #europe

Inside the US’ epic first-quarter venture capital results - It’s no surprise that the venture capital market was incredibly active in the Unit... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HVL45cZNIjw/ #fundings&exits #venturecapital #ecnewsanalysis #privateequity #ecnewsletter #theexchange #pitchbook #startups

Expect an even hotter AI venture capital market in the wake of the Microsoft-Nuance deal - Microsoft’s huge purchase of healthtech AI company Nuance led the technology news ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/zkEPrZ5z3kM/ #fundings&exits #venturecapital #ecnewsletter #theexchange #pitchbook #startups #deepgram #tc #ai #ml

How unicorns helped venture capital get later, and bigger - The venture capital industry’s comeback from fear in Q1 and parts of Q2 to Q3 greed is worth underst... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/J3PlUz86FoM/ #fundings&exits #theexchange #cbinsights #pitchbook #startups

Late-stage deals made Q3 2020 a standout VC quarter for US-based startups - Remember back in March when the VC game was done for the year, checkbooks were snapping shut and sta... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/0WYekzr_Fnc/ #fundings&exits #theexchange #cbinsights #pitchbook #startups #tc

Funding for female founders falls to 2017 levels as pandemic shakes up the VC market - So much for progress.
New data out this week from PitchBook indicates that the number of rounds rais... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-97mfaD4FYk/ #entrepreneurship #fundings&exits #charleshudson #theexchange #diversity #pitchbook #startups #tc

Affirm files confidentially to go public - This afternoon Affirm, a startup focused on providing point-of-sale credit to consumers making onli... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/D1LPfjIvH1E/ #fundings&exits #crunchbase #pitchbook #finance #affirm #tc

Working to understand Affirm’s reported IPO pricing hopes - News broke last night that Affirm, a well-known fintech unicorn, could approach the public markets a... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/SLk73obwOUc/ #fundings&exits #marketanalysis #extracrunch #theexchange #crunchbase #pitchbook #payments #startups #finance #affirm #tc

Second-quarter VC investing totals appear lackluster - The second quarter’s venture capital results are coming into focus.
The Exchange will have more note... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YQH7Y1xOdWM/ #fundings&exits #venturecapital #theexchange #cbinsights #crunchbase #pitchbook #startups #tc

Three takeaways from the 2019 venture capital market - Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-eWhdOQwQPc/ #fundings&exits #crunchbasenews #pitchbook #unicorns #wework #nvca #tc

Getting a seat at the VC table - Monique Villa
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