HSBC Report Shows Venture Ecosystem Recalibrates for Economic Growth While Private Companies Contend with Exit Backlog and Investor Shift to AI

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The "Agentic Age" begins, says HSBC Innovation Banking Q4 2024 Innovation Outlook Report

HSBC Innovation Banking published today its latest quarterly outlook for the U.S. technology sector, exploring major trends shaping startup development, venture activity, and big tech strategies in the age of AI.

The report identifies three defining themes:

  • A growing concentration of venture activity within AI, with U.S. venture investment in AI companies nearing the scale of capital allocated to the rest of the venture market
  • Massive R&D spending from Mag7 companies, totaling more than all dollars invested in U.S. startups in 2024
  • Innovation create new waves of growth and tailwinds for returns, with faster company formation, expanded capabilities and potential deregulation

"Venture capital has always gravitated toward transformative industries, but the level of consolidation we're seeing within one category is unprecedented," said HSBC U.S. Innovation Banking Head Dave Sabow. "The radical change this investment will fuel places us in the dawn of ‘The Agentic Age,' an era where autonomous artificial intelligence capabilities fundamentally redefine how we communicate, work, and interface with digital and physical worlds. When a technological advancement alters modern life to this degree, it becomes one of those rare moments that demands its own chapter in history."

The report also highlights different forces weighing on the entire U.S.-based tech startup ecosystem.

  • Further build-up in an already crowded $1 trillion backlog of non-AI unicorns that are primed for exits, due to investors and traditional acquirers narrowing focus on AI
  • With unicorn exits down by 80% compared to late 2010s, the venture capital flywheel has slowed as investor capital is tied up for longer periods of time, creating a liquidity crunch
  • The looming shadow of economic volatility and the uncertain impact of a forecasted increase in debt-to-GDP ratio, the normalization of which may require some combination of federal spending cuts and investments in technologies supporting private sector growth
  • The onset of a potential mitigating factor to these trends: the expectation of more permissive acquisition market, deregulation as a catalyst for growth, and fiscal policies that stimulate economic activity.

Download the full report here.

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About HSBC

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of HSBC, is headquartered in London. HSBC serves customers worldwide from offices in 60 countries and territories. With assets of US $3,099bn at 30 September 2024, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations.

HSBC Bank USA, National Association (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.) serves customers through Wealth and Personal Banking, Commercial Banking, Private Banking, Global Banking, and Markets and Securities Services. Deposit products are offered by HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Member FDIC. It operates Wealth Centers in: California; Washington, D.C.; Florida; New Jersey; New York; Virginia; and Washington. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. HSBC Innovation Banking is a business division with services provided in the United States by HSBC Bank USA, N.A

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