A mid-market private equity firm adopts AI-assisted diligence. Analysts review more documents, extract more data, and identify more risks across more deals. On one investment, the AI-generated ESG summary captures the headline risks but misses a material disclosure buried in a subsidiary filing: historical contamination at a site the fund intends to redevelop. Eighteen months…
The meeting is a Fund II first close. The GP is prepared. The track record is strong. The investment thesis is clear. Every expected question has been anticipated. The institutional LP reviews the materials, looks up, and asks: ‘Before we go further, can you walk us through your review process on Deal X from Fund…
For years, organisations have been judged primarily by outcomes. Did the decision comply? Was the control framework in place? Did it achieve the required result? Increasingly, a different question is emerging: Can you demonstrate how the decision was reviewed before it was made? DORA and the EU AI Act didn’t create this shift. They reflect…
Late 2024. A mid-market private equity firm completes a cross-border acquisition using AI-assisted due diligence. Thousands of documents are reviewed, risks are summarised, and the Investment Committee approves the transaction with confidence. Eight months later, a limited partner asks a different question. Not about the investment thesis. Not about the final decision. But about how…
A sovereign wealth fund’s operational due diligence team is reviewing a mid-market private equity GP. The GP has invested heavily in AI across diligence, research, document review, and investment analysis. But the due diligence team is now not asking about the AI tools. They are asking about the governance of the AI tools. …
We want to let you know about an important change: we are shutting down DataVault and moving its functionality, and much more, into DueDash. As of today, DataVault will no longer operate as a standalone platform. Instead, all its features and new capabilities can be accessed directly via DueDash. Why we made this change DataVault…
Abstract Can an artificial intelligence (AI) system be an “inventor” under contemporary patent statutes? Across leading jurisdictions, courts and patent offices have converged on “no,” grounding outcomes in textualist readings of inventor provisions that presuppose a natural person. This article analyzes the Full Federal Court of Australia’s reversal in Commissioner of Patents v Thaler FCAFC…
Dowload full report for free Private market unicorns have bounced back impressively after years of market turbulence. Q2 saw global exit values surge to $114.9 billion, the highest total recorded in nearly three years. This remarkable recovery paints a different picture from 2022’s sharp 37% drop in global deal volume – the steepest percentage decline…
As investors, we constantly observe global economic dynamics through multiple lenses, demographics, liquidity, geopolitics, and monetary policy, to forecast and navigate market trends effectively. Today, we’re confronted with a complex scenario best understood as a “debt and yield war,” shaping economic policies and influencing investment strategies worldwide. This intricate interplay of fundamental forces can be…
Deal origination is a cornerstone of success in private capital, yet traditional approaches – relying on manual research, existing networks, and gut feeling – are becoming inadequate in today’s data-driven world. Enter the potential of NextGen AI: transformative technology that enables firms to precisely identify Ideal Deal Profiles (IDP) and if required also Ideal Investor…
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