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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.

Eiffel is the world’s 14th biggest impact fund manager, with $3.25bn raised across nine private equity, debt and infrastructure funds in five years.