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Venture capital roundtable: 2025 outlook

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18 min view
2026-01-31
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Head of Private Investments Capital Formation Laura Kirk gathers the leaders of our venture capital teams to discuss their outlooks for 2025. In this roundtable, we explore the short- and longer-term implications of Trump 2.0, share our views on the IPO and M&A environments, and dive into the potential impact of tariffs, labor scarcity, and a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment.

Key topics:

0:55 – The impact of deregulation

5:15 – IPO market and M&A

8:30 – Tariffs and trade policy

12:45 – Labor scarcity, autonomy, and AI

15:15 – Higher-for-longer interest rates

Experts

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Head of Private Investments Capital Formation

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