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Editor’s note: This article is part of our 2026 forecast coverage. See our IPO market outlook here, and our startup M&A forecast here. Last year was a stellar one for venture funding, in large part thanks to AI. Preliminary Crunchbase data shows global venture investment in 2025 was on pace to be the third-highest on […]
Editor’s note: This article is part of our 2026 forecast coverage. See our IPO market outlook here. For years, industry observers have predicted an uptick in startup M&A activity, in part due to the limited number of companies going public. As the IPO dam finally broke in 2025, we didn’t see a huge surge in
The IPO market for new technology listings picked up in 2025. So far this year, at least 23 U.S.-based companies have listed above $1 billion in value, compared to nine in 2024, per an analysis of Crunchbase data. Total valuations at the IPO price for these billion-dollar listings have reached $125 billion so far — more
