AI for Private Equity & VC
Make your fund and portfolio companies smarter with AI
We help PE and VC firms work faster and get more out of every deal, from finding targets to growing portfolio companies. With hands-on AI tools, custom agents, and a team that knows your world.
How AI changes PE
Most investment teams spend their days on repetitive work. AI flips that around.
Today: busywork eats up your time
Big teams stuck reviewing data rooms, copying numbers between spreadsheets, compiling research, and formatting reports. The work that actually matters, making smart decisions, gets pushed to the side.
With AI: your team focuses on what matters
Leaner teams supported by AI agents that handle the heavy lifting. Your people spend their time on relationships, judgment calls, and growing portfolio companies. The things that actually drive returns.
Three ways we help
We work at the fund level, help with individual deals, and roll AI out across your portfolio companies
Make your fund AI-ready
Build the investment engine of the future
We transform how your investment team works, from planning an AI strategy to building and deploying the tools. One fund went from 8% to 70% AI adoption across their team in under 6 months.
- AI strategy and roadmap for your fund
- Clear AI rules and policies (including EU AI Act and Luxembourg regulatory frameworks)
- Custom AI agents to find deals and track markets
- Speed up due diligence with AI-generated reports (120+ page DD reports, produced in hours not weeks)
- LP questionnaire automation - handle 5,000+ unique questions per year automatically
- Better pipeline management and deal tracking
Smarter deal decisions
A toolkit for evaluating deals and companies
We help you understand the AI opportunities and risks in any deal or across your whole portfolio. Our portfolio scans typically uncover millions in annual value across 5-10 use cases per company.
- AI Due Diligence: understand the AI opportunities and risks in a target company
- AI Portfolio Scan: a 2-4 week check-up across your portfolio with a clear action plan per company
- NDA checker and deal fact sheet GPTs - used daily by investment teams we've built for
- Leadership workshops: get your partners and board up to speed on AI
Grow your portfolio companies
Roll out AI across your portfolio
We bring AI into your portfolio companies to help them grow faster and run more efficiently. Typical results: 40-70% time savings on tenders, 50-70% of emails auto-classified, 70-95% faster content production.
- Grow revenue: AI for proposals (40-70% faster), sales outreach (3-5x more qualified leads), and personalised marketing
- Cut costs: AI agents for customer service (40-55% of enquiries automated), document handling (90-97% time reduction), and data analysis
- Work smarter: AI for hiring, finance reporting, and internal processes (20-50% HR admin reduction)
AI at every step of your deal process
We build AI tools and agents for each stage, from finding deals to planning the exit
Deal Sourcing
Use AI to spot trends and find better targets faster
Due Diligence
Let AI read and analyse data rooms in hours, not weeks. Generate 120+ page DD reports automatically
Deal Structuring
Run financial models faster and test different deal scenarios with AI
Investment Decision
Quickly assess if a deal fits your strategy with AI-powered screening
Portfolio Management
Keep a live pulse on how your portfolio companies are doing
Value Creation
Find ways to cut costs and grow revenue in each portfolio company
Exit Planning
Use AI to read market signals and pick the right moment to exit
Real results at a leading PE fund
Here's what happened when we brought AI to an entire investment team
How we transformed a European PE fund with AI
A European PE fund managing over €7bn, with 21 portfolio companies and a team of 35 investment professionals across 8 countries.
Plan
We mapped how the team works day-to-day and found the best places to use AI. Then we planned 15 AI agents to build together.
Train
We ran hands-on sessions for the whole team. We found the early adopters and paired them with our AI experts as buddies.
Build
We built 15 AI agents that made the investment process faster and better. Then we got the full team up and running with the new tools.
AI Portfolio Quickscan
In 2-4 weeks, we check how AI-ready each portfolio company is, where the biggest wins are, and what to do first. You get a clear plan, not a vague report.
- A visual heatmap showing opportunities and risks across your portfolio
- An AI readiness score for each company
- Where AI is helping or threatening your industries
- A ranked list of what to do first, for growth and for efficiency
- A clear roadmap with decisions and next steps
- One initiative ready to kick off right away
It's about people, not just tech
What we've learned about making AI actually stick in portfolio companies
Lead from both ends
Management sets the direction, but the whole team needs to feel ownership
Show, don't tell
People need to see AI in action before they believe it. Live demos change minds
Mix the teams
AI works best when different departments work on it together, not in silos
Help people, don't replace them
AI makes your team better at their jobs. It doesn't take their jobs
Start small, move fast
Prove it works with one quick win, then scale. Speed of learning is your edge
AI across your portfolio companies
We help portfolio companies use AI in every department to drive growth and efficiency
Sales & Marketing
AI for proposals (40-70% faster), lead generation (3-5x more qualified leads), and content at scale (70-95% time reduction)
Customer Service
AI agents that handle 40-55% of enquiries end-to-end, equivalent to 3-4 FTE savings at scale
Operations
Email triage (50-70% auto-classified), document extraction (90-97% time reduction), and meeting intelligence (80-90% time saved)
Finance & HR
Invoice processing automated, HR admin reduced 20-50%, onboarding time compressed from weeks to minutes
PE and VC firms trust us
“Wouter's venture capital sessions offered a unique blend of theory and practice. Engaging with 50 fellow investors from 20+ VC firms, it was clear that WAIMAKERS understands our industry's specifics.”
Sophie Heijenberg
Investor, No Such Ventures
“Wouter's session was a key moment for our team at NV NOM, offering a hands-on and insightful exploration into the practical uses of AI in Venture Capital.”
Marco de Jong
Manager Investeringen, NV NOM
“At our Portfolio Day, the tailored Generative AI presentation by Wouter was an eye-opener, offering both strategic vision and practical know-how.”
Hadewych Cels
Owner, Karmijn Kapitaal
“Harnessing the power of AI for start-up discovery and evaluation is crucial in today's venture landscape.”
Marcel Lubben
Investor, Brightlands Venture Partners
“WAIMAKERS helped our Private Equity team at Wise Equity not only understand the opportunities but also apply them through real, practical use cases.”
Luigi Vagnozzi
Senior Partner, Wise Equity
“What stood out was how specific and actionable the session was. From AI-powered company analysis to automated IC documentation, the workshop made the opportunities very tangible.”
Rick van Boekel
Managing Partner, Airbridge Equity Partners
“Greg and Wouter from WAIMAKERS inspired our portfolio's leadership team with a clear, practical vision of AI's potential. Their session, attended by over 45 CEOs and chairs, provided hands-on demos that were directly relevant to our companies.”
Jo Thomson
Active Partnership Practice Director, 3i Group Plc
“The Generative AI Masterclass by Wouter and his team showed us how AI can create leverage across our team's activities, from mapping and evaluating investment opportunities to improving the processes of our portfolio companies.”
Sebastiaan Klein
Investment Director, Foreman Capital
“Of all the masterclasses we've participated in at Nordian, this one differed in depth and pragmatism. Truly a blend of visionary and actionable insights.”
Pepijn Post
Operating Partner, Nordian
“The Generative AI Masterclass was highly relevant for a firm like Floreat with multiple participations. Wouter's approach was pragmatic and grounded.”
Albert Theunissen
Partner, Floreat
How we get you started
Three sessions to go from curious to confident with AI
See what's possible
We show your team what AI can actually do. With live demos, not slides.
- Live walkthroughs of 10+ AI tools (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, and more)
- 10+ demos built around your actual work
- Real examples from PE firms and portfolio companies
Pick the best ideas
Together, we figure out where AI will have the biggest impact for your fund and companies.
- Brainstorm a full list of AI ideas for your firm
- Rank them by impact and how easy they are to do
- Walk away with a clear plan of what to build first
Learn by doing
Your team practices using AI with exercises based on their real daily work.
- Learn how to write good prompts and give AI the right context
- Hands-on exercises using your own company examples
- Try different AI tools and learn when to use which
Free: How AI-ready is your fund?
A quick 10-minute check to see where you stand with AI. Covering deal sourcing, diligence, and your portfolio.
- Where the AI opportunities are: at fund level vs. in your companies
- Which AI use cases will actually move the needle on returns
- The most common mistakes PE firms make with AI
- Warning signs to watch out for
Want to talk about AI for your fund?
Book a free 30-minute call with our PE team. We'll talk about your deals, your portfolio, and where AI can help. No sales pitch, just honest advice.