This week, AI intelligence tools continue gaining traction across private markets infrastructure, enhancing portfolio operations, deal sourcing and accounting workflows. Meanwhile, new partnerships and research underscore the value of data standardization and benchmarking.
NEW & UPDATED PRODUCTS
Blueflame AI released five product updates for dealmakers, including its Amp AI agent, an Excel add-in, shared Spaces and a Preqin integration. ↗
Grata now provides access to over 23M companies and 1M+ transaction events for private markets research, following its Valu8 Company Intelligence integration. ↗
Juniper Square has extended its Headless GPX product into the accounting layer, enabling AI to interpret general ledgers and capital accounts for private markets GPs. ↗
Maestro has launched Maia, a native AI layer built for portfolio operations teams, aimed at closing the gap between insight and action across portfolio companies. ↗
Preqin has launched enhanced, reporting-grade Preqin Indices built on complete cashflow data, available across Preqin Pro, Aladdin, eFront and Aladdin Wealth. ↗
Standard Metrics has launched private market benchmarks within its AI Analyst, letting investors compare portfolio performance against an anonymised dataset of over 10,000 startups. ↗
DEAL ACTIVITY
Attio has brought on the Inconvo team, YC S23 founders building chat-with-data developer tooling, to join its engineering team and expand integrations. ↗
Kruncher raised a $1m pre-seed round led by 5I Ventures, with Aument Capital Partners participating, to scale its AI-driven private market intelligence platform used by 100+ investment firms across Asia, Europe and the US. ↗
PARTNERSHIPS & INTEGRATIONS
bunch has entered Luxembourg through a strategic partnership with Luxembourg Fund Services, combining local fund expertise with bunch’s AI-native private markets platform. ↗
CAIS and BetaNXT announced a strategic partnership connecting BetaNXT network firms to CAIS’s alternatives capabilities across the trade lifecycle. ↗
FundGuard and Gresham announced a partnership connecting FundGuard’s multi-book accounting engine with Gresham’s data management layer to remove manual reconciliation. ↗
MSCI and UBS announced a strategic partnership to expand MSCI’s AI-powered private markets platform, with UBS an early adopter, aiming to standardise data and increase transparency across the private markets investment lifecycle. ↗
MSCI datasets now power Petra Funds Group’s newly launched PeerView, a service integrating MSCI sustainability and climate data to help GPs benchmark ESG performance against public market peers. ↗
NEW CLIENTS
Canoe Intelligence has onboarded Liberties Investments Ltd, a Geneva-based investment management firm operating across private markets and institutional infrastructure. ↗
Carta has been chosen by Clearview Capital, running both private equity and private credit, to administer its equity funds, mezzanine vehicles, co-invest structures and GP entities on one platform. ↗
Clearwater Analytics has been selected by insurance group MSIG Europe to unify data, accounting and regulatory reporting across the investment lifecycle. ↗
ROYC has been selected by Nordic real estate firm Slättö to launch a Luxembourg-domiciled feeder fund with digital onboarding and automated reporting. ↗
VENDOR RESEARCH & WHITEPAPERS
Chronograph surveyed 200 LPs and GPs at its 2026 AGM conference; nearly half expect AI to widen the spread between top- and bottom-quartile managers. ↗
Dynamo Software released its 2026 GP Report, which found AI is now the top strategic priority for GPs, with 78% planning to increase technology spending this year. ↗
AWARDS
Kruncher named a leader in automation for VC and PE in the practitioner-compiled Data Driven VC Landscape 2026. ↗
ROYC named Best Private Markets Operating System 2026 at the Wealth & Finance International FinTech Awards. ↗
SimCorp One won three industry awards recognising buy-side operations, front office integration, and fund accounting and data capabilities. ↗
