U.S. venture capital outlook is looking stronger for 2025.

U.S. venture capital outlook for 2025 is looking stronger | Pitchbook

The outlook for U.S. venture capital investments for 2025 looks relatively stronger than what the market has produced in the past few years, according to a report by Pitchbook.

In the year-end VC report, Pitchbook said exits (startups being bought or going public) are projected to increase, and a moderate uptick in the number of large tech companies hitting public markets should be a major boost to exit value.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.