SEA Horizons
An Opportunity Brief for LPs Investing in SEA.
THE AI ISSUE
DECEMBER 2024
Unique Perspectives
How LPs Can Leverage AI to Uncover Opportunities
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the investment landscape, limited partners (LPs) and venture capitalists (VCs) realize that AI’s value goes beyond operational efficiency. Increasingly, AI is emerging as a transformative tool for decision-making—especially when identifying emerging managers, new sector strategies, and market opportunities.
LP Perspective on AI
Jenni Risku, Family Office
“Underserved markets provide arbitrage opportunities that drive good ROI. Catering to women’s needs in the Gen Z era, mid-life or in an aging population, there are tremendous opportunities in tailoring products and services that catch this demographic.
Unique challenges continue to be lack of funding targeting underserved markets. But one can also see this as an opportunity.”
How can AI help uncover untapped market opportunities and trends, including opportunities related to women-led funds?
"Why AI is Southeast Asia’s new engine for profitable growth
November 21, 2024
Southeast Asia's distinctive AI advantage
The region already boasts a unique combination of advantages that create a fertile ground for AI to flourish.
First, it’s home to a young and digitally native population that readily embraces AI-powered solutions. This enthusiasm is evident in the significant volume of AI-related online searches, with countries like Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia ranking among the top globally. Interestingly, the region displays a greater interest in AI's potential benefits than apprehension about its risks, reflecting a culture of acceptance and exploration.”
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Reducing Bias, Increasing Accuracy:
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LATEST RESEARCH
Mercer Investments' 2024 global manager survey on AI integration in investment management reveals the rapid adoption and transformative potential of artificial intelligence in the industry. The survey finds that 91% of managers are currently using or planning to use AI within their investment strategy or asset-class research, extending far beyond traditional quantitative approaches.
This roundtable discussion explores the potential impact of artificial intelligence on private equity and venture capital investing, featuring insights from six distinguished experts in finance, mathematics, and data science.
This whitepaper explores the potential of artificial intelligence to transform venture capital decision-making by mitigating unconscious biases. It highlights the challenge of embedded bias in AI systems while proposing strategies to develop more equitable AI algorithms to increase diversity and potentially outperform peers.
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