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PitchBook Analyst Note: The Postdigital Era

Q4 2022

PitchBook Analyst Note: The Postdigital Era

December 21, 2022

Looking to the next big thing in tech 


What comes next in tech? It feels like a perpetually asked question that venture capitalists and startup founders scramble to answer. In his latest analyst note, Head of Emerging Technology Research and PitchBook analyst Paul Condra looks ahead at what could be in store for tech’s next big supercycle.  

Socioeconomic and political circumstances along with new forms of technological infrastructure all have the chance to remake society—again.  


Table of contents
Key takeaways 1
Cycles of innovation 2
The Web 2.0 explosion 3
Politics, economics, and financing 5