Buoyant’s 2025 Outlook: Predictions for a Volatile Year Ahead
Buoyant predicts 9 top trends for 2025
2025 Predictions
2025 is off to a volatile start with the fires in Los Angeles and the Trump Administration’s comeback. As venture capitalists, it’s our job to spot and predict trends so we can identify successful investment opportunities, especially in times of volatility. Buoyant published our 2025 predictions and outlook for the year here. A summary is below.
Insurance industry on the brink means high costs and coverage gaps
Stock market volatility will cause exit activity to fall short of investor expectations
Fossil fuels investment will outpace clean energy to feed the AI beast
A softer macro climate industry domestically and internationally
Data Centers’ explosive growth continues
Increasing private financing for nature-based solutions
AI goes vertical
Batteries keep moving up and to the right
"Bring Your Own Power" (BYOP) on the rise in the US
In Case you Missed It: New Investment in Gravity!
Buoyant welcomed Gravity to the Buoyant boat! Gravity is a carbon and energy management platform for industrial and hard-to-abate companies. See more on Why We Invested here.
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Buoyant portfolio companies are hiring, including:
Sunairio for a VP of Business Development (here)
HData for a Marketing Manager (here)
Ocient for multiple sales roles (here)
Buoyant portfolio company, Raptor Maps, profile in Latitude Media
How Raptor Maps crossed the Valley of Death (here)
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