consumer tech

Consumer tech spending will break records in 2025 if Trump’s tariffs don’t squash it, CTA predicts

Hardware /

American consumers will spend a record-breaking $537 billion on new apps, devices, and gadgets in 2025, according to the new one-year forecast from the Consumer Technology Association. But there’s a catch, warned the CTA’s futurist Brian Comiskey on stage Monday at the group’s enormous Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: Trump’s proposed tariff plans, which […]

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Consumer tech investing is still hot for Maven Ventures, securing $60M for Fund IV

Commerce /

When prolific venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Hippeau announced in early 2024 they were pivoting away from consumer tech, it sparked a social media debate about whether there are still opportunities. Maven Ventures’ Jim Scheinman and Sara Deshpande say “yes.” And to prove it, they raised $60 million in capital commitments for a

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