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Deals can get done even in down markets
Since then, venture investors have been waiting in the wings for exits, both M-A and IPOs, to return
recover, and a handful of strong deals gave the impression that a rebound might be underway
high-profile deals on antitrust grounds.Deals did start flowing at the beginning of 2025
According to PitchBook data, there were 205 United States startup acquisitions in the first quarter alone, and many of them were notable.In
March, CoreWeave agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Weights - Biases
The following week, ServiceNow announced its plans to acquire Moveworks for $2.9 billion
And later that month, Google announced it was buying cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion.Other first-quarter acquisitions included the
sale of proptech Divvy Homes to the investment firm Brookfield for $1 billion and the sale of Next Insurance to Munich Re for $2.6
against nearly every major trading partner
The outlook right now is pretty tepid for 2025, which is unfortunate, because I think everyone went into 2025 thinking it was going to be a
venture capital research at PitchBook, in an interview with A Technology NewsRoom
For the past few years, uncertainty around valuations has lingered, with many late-stage startups no longer worth their frothy 2021
Kennedy, who leads the capital advisory team for the investment firm B Capital
droughtDespite the slowdown, some deals will get done.Thomas Earnest, a partner at the law firm Mintz who focuses on tech fundraising and
M-A, told A Technology NewsRoom that any company that has opportunistically put feelers out to sell this year is likely putting a pause on
Earnest said startups that are unable to raise their next round of funding will still need to pursue acquisitions, likely at lower
smaller companies, too, Earnest added
Just one case in point: OpenAI, which just raised a $40 billion funding round at the end of March, is rumored to be acquiring AI coding
could have already sidelined M-A activity for the rest of the year
