The next hot thing in VC
Everyone knows that AI is the hot-button topic of today. But what about in a year from now? Our latest quantitative report debuts a new series: VC Emerging Opportunities. Our cross-vertical analysis covers everything from SaaS to gaming to climate tech—and includes our proprietary predictions on future returns on investment.
Using our ML-enabled VC Exit Predictor, PitchBook’s quantitative team charts the course of the next generation of startup successes and calculates payout expectations for early investors.
Table of contents
| Introduction | 4 |
| Bottom-up analysis | 9 |
| Top-down analysis | 16 |
| Cross-vertical summary | 23 |
| Individual vertical analyses | 25 |
| Agtech | 27 |
| AI & ML | 34 |
| Climate tech | 41 |
| Cybersecurity | 48 |
| Fintech | 55 |
| Foodech | 62 |
| Gaming | 69 |
| Internet of Things | 76 |
| Mobility tech | 83 |
| SaaS | 90 |
| Appendix | 98 |
