Given that a good chunk of the venture capital in our community comes from our neighbors to the north, I always like to keep tabs on what the VCs in Seattle are thinking. And obviously — if Portland founders are going to be chatting them up for checks — those founders should be paying attention, too. So what do Seattle VCs think about 2025…? GeekWire asked some of them.
We polled five venture capitalists from the Seattle region to get their takes on the trends, skills, and strategies that will define 2025. They include:
- Erik Benson, managing director at Voyager Capital
- Heather Redman, managing partner at Flying Fish Ventures
- Ken Horenstein, managing director at Pack Ventures
- Kyle Lui, general partner at Bling Capital
- Sri Chandrasekar, managing partner at Point72 Ventures
Topics include:
- Biggest tech trend(s)
- Most overhyped tech
- Hottest AI use case(s)
- Most in demand tech skill(s)
- Biggest potential pivot/shift
- Remote work
- Seattle tech ecosystem
- Most intriguing startup(s)
- Priorities
To read the responses to these topics, read “Investor predictions 2025: Seattle VCs sound off on AI, remote work, and city’s tech ecosystem” in GeekWire.
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