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This article is the second of three on the landscape of venture capital and FreightTech in 2025 and beyond. Click here for Part I.

In our prior analysis, we noted how private equity firms were cautiously optimistic for venture capital in 2025. Optimistic, because markets were due to benefit from the freeing of some much-needed liquidity as falling interest rates and aging unicorns stimulate exit activity. But cautious, because this forecast is predicated on the expectation that interest rates...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freighttech-set-for-ai-revolution

This article is the first of three on the landscape of venture capital and FreightTech in 2025 and beyond.

Falling from the heights of the 2021-22 boom — when near-zero interest rates made for essentially free money — the past few years have been rough for venture capital.

Hugh MacArthur, chairman of Global Private Equity at Bain & Co. and founder of its annual “Global Private Equity Report,” opened last year’s report by declaring that “the year 2023 was one of portent.

“Deal value fell by 37%,”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/venture-capital-prepares-to-ignite-stores-of-dry-powder