Most funds today are collecting more ESG data than ever, but few are actually seeing the business results they expect. Compliance is one thing. Using ESG as a lever for value, differentiation, and tangible outcomes, well, that’s a different level entirely. The challenge isn’t just gathering the data, it’s turning all those numbers into action, insight, and real-world change -for your firm, your portfolio companies, and your stakeholders.

After years of working with millions of ESG datapoints across all types of funds and portfolios, we built our advanced analytics module to do more than tidy up your reporting. It’s about surfacing hidden value, proving progress, and unlocking new opportunities for your teams—whether you’re running private equity, venture capital, or allocating as an LP. Just as importantly, it’s about giving you and your portfolio companies the tools and intelligence to build resilience, secure long-term growth, and perform better in a changing world.

Every Fund Needs Something Different

Not all funds are chasing the same goals or facing the same pressures. The way you create value with ESG data depends on your strategy, your investors, and what success looks like in your world. The right analytics not only drive smarter investment decisions, manage risk, and enhance returns - they also empower portfolio companies to strengthen operations, weather turbulent conditions, and deliver lasting value. Here’s how advanced analytics helps you get there, whether you’re running a private equity firm, a VC fund, or allocating as an LP.

Private Equity: Value Creation, Risk Management, and Building Stronger Businesses

Private equity firms operate in a market where value creation, risk reduction, and operational excellence are non-negotiable. Today’s LPs and buyers expect real evidence that ESG isn’t just a checkbox, but a driver of results and resilience. This is where advanced analytics changes the game. It uncovers hidden risks and opportunities, tracks improvements across every portfolio company, and ensures every gain is backed by credible data.

This approach doesn’t just benefit investors; it empowers your portfolio companies to secure their businesses, improve efficiency, and become more resilient to market volatility and external shocks. You’re equipping them to perform, grow, and succeed - even in uncertain times.

Imagine it’s board pack season again. Your team needs to show clear ESG progress, but the data is scattered, benchmarks are moving, and time is tight. With the right analytics module, you can pull everything together, spot issues early, and walk into every meeting ready to prove value, and not just tick the boxes.

How ESG analytics benefits PE:

• Combine all your portfolio company ESG data in one place, regardless of framework, so your team spends less time chasing spreadsheets and more time creating value that LPs and buyers can actually see—while giving management teams the insights they need to strengthen operations.

• Track trends in key areas like emissions and board diversity to clearly demonstrate measurable improvement and enhance your credibility, supporting higher valuations and smoother exits, and giving portfolio companies clear goals for continuous improvement.

• Benchmark each company against sector peers or other funds, letting you focus resources where they’ll have the greatest impact, boosting performance across your portfolio, and helping businesses measure themselves against best-in-class standards.

• Quickly generate board packs, investor updates, and regulatory reports, making it easier to keep stakeholders informed and audits straightforward, while ensuring portfolio companies have timely feedback and can course-correct as needed.

• Drill into your data to identify underperformers or incomplete disclosures early, so you can act fast to protect returns and avoid compliance surprises—and help portfolio companies fix issues before they become bigger risks.

• Make ESG data accessible for everyone on your team, not just the analysts, so decisions happen faster and your fund stays nimble, even as markets shift. This also helps operating teams at the portfolio company level adopt a culture of transparency and data-driven action.

Venture Capital: Accelerating Progress, Standing Out, and Supporting Growth

Venture capital thrives in an environment where speed, storytelling, and clear differentiation are everything. In today’s market, LPs and founders want to see more than ambition—they want evidence of purpose and proof of progress. Advanced analytics gives VC funds the data they need to show how they help companies scale, where they create positive change, and why their approach is different.

But the benefit runs deeper than reporting. Your support helps early-stage companies identify their own ESG strengths and weaknesses, build future-proof strategies, and become better businesses - more resilient, more attractive to talent and customers, and more likely to thrive in competitive markets.

You’re looking to win the next great deal or impress a new LP. Instead of talking about ESG, you can prove it - showing exactly where your portfolio shines and backing up your story with real, timely results.

How ESG analytics benefits VC:

• Build dashboards that put your signature KPIs, like founder diversity or product impact, front and center, making your fund’s value obvious to LPs and helping founders focus on what really moves the needle.

• Use custom metrics and data stories to show exactly what makes your portfolio unique, strengthening your case in every fundraising round and deal negotiation, and offering your startups a roadmap to improve and differentiate.

• Benchmark investments by stage, sector, or region, so you can guide support where it delivers the most value and help portfolio companies close gaps or spot growth opportunities.

• Turn investor updates, pitch decks, and demo visuals around quickly, so you’re always ready to respond to LPs, support founders, and stay ahead of the competition.

• Dig deep into portfolio data by theme or round to spot new trends, giving your team a first-mover advantage, and helping startups prepare for what’s coming next.

• Equip everyone in your team to answer LP or founder questions on the spot, building transparency and trust, and encouraging founders to take ESG seriously as they scale.

Limited Partners: True Oversight, Enabling Stronger Outcomes Across the Chain

For LPs, oversight and allocation are as much about assurance as about returns. With a mix of managers, asset types, and frameworks, what matters is the ability to see, compare, and verify in real time that your capital is allocated responsibly and risks are under control. Advanced analytics gives LPs the confidence to ask tougher questions, intervene earlier, and satisfy every stakeholder, from trustees to regulators, with answers that hold up under scrutiny.

Just as importantly, the insights you gain and share can cascade down to GPs and portfolio companies, helping to lift standards, inspire operational improvements, and build a more resilient investment ecosystem. You aren’t just reducing risk at your level - you’re helping strengthen businesses across your entire portfolio network.

Picture prepping for your next committee meeting. Instead of scrambling to compile disparate reports, you have a single view across all managers and funds, can generate audit-ready documents in minutes, and instantly spot where capital is working hardest or where blind spots might be growing.

How ESG analytics benefits LPs:

• Pull ESG data from all your managers and funds into a single, reliable view, so you can answer questions quickly and see where your capital is driving the most value, and provide feedback that helps managers and portfolio companies level up.

• Create audit-ready reports for committees, trustees, and regulators that inspire confidence in your stewardship, reduce compliance headaches, and help avoid reputational risks, while setting expectations that ripple through your GP network.

• Compare GPs and portfolios across your investments and industry benchmarks, allowing you to identify underperformers early and fine-tune your allocation strategy, but also share lessons learned that help others improve.

• Produce reports for your own internal standards, and easily express or export your data in other industry formats, such as Invest Europe or any framework your stakeholders require. This flexibility means you can communicate ESG performance on your terms and meet evolving disclosure expectations with ease, setting a standard for others to follow.

• Filter your data to quickly find gaps, late disclosures, or outliers, so you can address potential issues before they grow and keep risk under control, while helping the entire network stay alert and responsive.

• Get clear answers to complex questions in plain language, so you’re ready for the toughest stakeholder conversations, every time, and can translate that clarity to your managers and partners.

Final Thoughts

If your ESG data isn’t actively helping you make smarter decisions, impress LPs, and deliver measurable results, it’s just more admin. The funds winning in this market are the ones turning ESG data into business advantage - and helping their portfolio companies become stronger, more resilient, and ready for whatever comes next. Ready to see what your data can really do?

Let’s talk about making your ESG data work for you.