Prime Highlights:
- New technologies are driving U.S. venture capital in 2025, changing how deals and company exits happen.
- Investors see this period as a strong growth phase, with technology deals making up nearly 40% of all VC exit value.
Key Facts:
- PitchBook reports 317 technology-related exits in 2025, including notable IPOs like CoreWeave.
- Technology deals represented a record 39.5% of all venture transactions in Q3, helping push total deal numbers up by about 8% for the year
Key Background:
In 2025, new technologies are leading U.S. venture capital, changing how deals and company exits happen. About 40% of all VC exit value comes from these technology deals, showing their importance.
In Q3, tech deals reached a record 39.5% of all transactions, helping push total deal numbers up by about 8% this year. When it comes to deal value, the impact is even greater, with technology-related investments making up more than 64% of total deal value through Q3.
In 2025, new technologies are leading U.S. venture capital, changing how deals and company exits happen. About 40% of all VC exit value comes from these technology deals, showing their importance. He noted that they are no longer niche innovations but tools integrated across industries, helping companies scale quickly and achieve significant growth. “It has essentially become the foundation of venture capital,” Stanford said.
The strong performance extends to exit activity as well. In 2025, PitchBook recorded 317 technology-related exits, including well-known IPOs like CoreWeave.
Other professionals are concerned with the over-reliance on some of the technologies and high values in the company, although there are a lot of investors who believe that this is a good growth time, not a fad. Brent Hill, managing partner at Origin Ventures, described AI as the beginning of the “fifth economic era” and predicted it could boost U.S. productivity and GDP by $2 trillion to $4 trillion over the next decade.
Past technology changes, like the cloud boom, show how important today’s innovations are. Karen Page from B Capital said these technologies give a new way to handle and use data, making them different from earlier tech changes. She added that, unlike past cycles, the current market shows enthusiasm rather than fear, signaling unprecedented investor confidence.
