Artificial intelligence can revolutionise private markets fundraising and allocating

Launch Orca Request a call Back to Insights Artificial intelligence can revolutionise private markets fundraising and allocating Unveiling opportunities, predicting performance, and more, but data dispersion holds challenges! Private markets, spanning from VC, over Buyouts, and Real Estate to Infrastructure and Private debt, are witnessing a transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Traditionally overwhelmingly analogue […]

Investing in the environment – Interview with Hambro Perks

Investing in the environment

Launch Orca Request a call Back to Insights Investing in the environment – an interview with Duncan White and Stephen Brooke from Hambro Perks An interview with Duncan White and Stephen Brooke, the fund managers of Hambro Perks’ Environmental Technology Fund I my second GP interview I speak with Duncan White and Stephen Brook of […]

Investing in aerospace – Interview with Green Eight Capital

Launch Orca Request a call Back to Insights Investing in aerospace – an interview with Jacob Hetzel from Green Eight Capital In this post I am trying something completely new,  an interview with a GP. In this case a sector specialist focusing on Aerospace & Defense.  Though a first-time fund, I find Green Eight Capital […]

Does private equity have a moral and ethical problem?

Launch Orca Request a call Back to Insights Does private equity have a moral and ethical problem? On the whole, I think not. The overall industry is better than its reputation, most GPs are decent, honest, value their reputations and generally do the right thing. But some certainly “push the envelope”. “Normal” codes of conduct […]

Venture is 10,000x more attractive in 2019 than in 1999

Launch Orca Request a call Back to Insights Venture is 10,000x more attractive in 2019 than in 1999 VC is a challenging asset class for many investors (LPs) While you can identify the ‘best’ firms, access is more often than not constrained. VC is less than transparent. It’s somewhat of a ‘closed’ club. Many LPs […]