AI

Fundraising from US institutions has undoubtedly become harder, but many are still committed and capital deployment remains resilient, according to panellists on NPM's live webcast.

Nearfield Instruments' technology reduces wastage in the production of semiconductor wafers, a particularly resource-intensive industrial processes.

SEDF would like to see consumer brands move beyond grantmaking to make co-investments or become customers of portfolio companies, according to head of policy and innovative finance Lily Han.

The number of climate-related proposals EIF received fell by 40% in 2025, head of climate transition equity investments Matteo Squilloni tells The New Private Markets Podcast.

The investor has partnered with Anthropic to integrate cloud tools into its operations, says head of sustainability and geopolitical risk Christopher Wright.

Wider use is creating a divide between companies more susceptible to disruption and those that stand to benefit from the infrastructure buildout behind it, say KKR executives.

LPs and GPs at the Impact Investor Global Summit 2026 picked data centres as the market segment over-hyped and most likely to disappoint.

The Stockholm-based foundation has committed to invest $349m in European start-ups that use AI for climate, healthcare, food and education investments.

Ryan Clancy, head of impact management and AI strategy at Canadian impact investor Rally Assets, expects AI use to move from experimentation to 'widespread adoption' in the next year or two as the industry gains more trust in the results.

Norbert Lagerweij, sustainability data specialist for private equity, will be among the speakers at Impact Investor Global Summit this week.