AI

Less than a fifth of VC investors consider themselves knowledgeable of AI risks, research from VentureESG shows.

Integrating a gender lens with AI investments can help mitigate potential gender biases and ensure the technology benefits everyone, says 2X Global CEO Jessica Espinoza.

Responsible use of AI requires ‘better accuracy, better validation, better controls’, says one GP’s head of ESG.

New portfolio company Guidewheel has ‘found a way to build sustainability into the core of manufacturing operations,’ says Meghan Sharp, global head and CIO of Decarbonization Partners.

The Omidyar Network, investing the wealth of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is 'aggressively adversarial towards big tech', says Aniyia Williams, a principal on OM's responsible technology team.

Artificial intelligence could help turbocharge sustainability efforts in private markets by freeing up stretched ESG professionals to focus on strategic work.

Yalin Karadogan, partner and global head of investor solutions at LeapFrog Investments, on generative AI, impact integrity and the necessary scale-up of impact investing.

Some new LPs joined and existing ones reupped in a process that allowed the European firm to 'test the water' ahead of an ambitious fundraise plan for next year, says managing partner Jean Schmitt.

Some fund managers are taking a 'watch-and-wait' approach, while others see potential for generative AI to deepen the need for impact investing to address energy demand and equity.

Sustainable Solutions Fund IV, which closed at $1.7bn last year, has led a $150m funding round for data management company OneTrust.