AI training & enablement
Help investment and operating teams use the tools available to them on their actual work.
What you getRole-specific sessions, reusable workflows and practical guidance.
Explore trainingMost AI consultanciessell potential.This one is applied.
AI consulting and implementation for private markets.
Next Step Ventures helps investment and operating teams identify useful applications, build AI tools and workflows, and put them to work within the systems they already use.
Applied AI / Built around your work
01ServicesFrom opportunity to implementation
Practical help to put
AI to work.
For private equity, private credit, investment management, infrastructure and the teams that support them. Start with a focused piece of work or build a broader programme.
Use-case discovery & AI hackathons
Work with your team to find worthwhile opportunities, test ideas and decide what to build first.
What you getPrioritised opportunities, initial prototypes and agreed next steps.
Explore discoveryAI governance & operating process
Put the rules, responsibilities and review points in place for day-to-day AI use.
What you getPolicies, data boundaries, operating controls and named owners.
Explore governanceAI implementation & workflow builds
Turn recurring tasks into practical AI workflows, automations and internal tools built around your approved systems.
What you getA tested workflow, review controls, clear ownership and handover.
Explore implementationAI advisory & planning
Choose tools, a delivery approach and next investments that fit your workflows, constraints and budget.
What you getA clear assessment, recommendations and a practical roadmap.
Explore advisory
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Use cases
Illustrative, not exhaustive
Where applied AI earns its keep.
Every firm's highest-value use cases are its own. These are examples of where AI can support the work.
Communications
Draft recurring correspondence using approved sources, with human review before sending.
e.g.Automated investor responses · LP query drafting · templated email workflows
Document review & interrogation
Summarise and compare documents with source references and clear review points.
e.g.Data-room & CIM analysis · NDA and contract redlining · document comparison
Deal & pipeline workflows
Connect the steps between deal intake, research, tracking and reporting.
e.g.Deal logging · pipeline tracking · briefing and memo drafting
Knowledge & research
Make approved research and internal knowledge easier to find and use.
e.g.Queryable internal knowledge bases · thematic screening
Analysis & modelling
Extract structured data and automate repeated spreadsheet updates, with checks on the result.
e.g.Data extraction & enrichment · spreadsheet and model automation
Internal tooling
Focused dashboards, apps and automations built around your existing systems.
e.g.Lightweight dashboards · agentic scripts built around existing systems
03ApproachUnderstand / Build / Embed
From a useful opportunity to a working part of the business.
Start with the task.
Map the people, tools and data involved. Agree what a useful result looks like, the constraints and how success will be measured.
Make it work in context.
Build in your approved environment. Test on representative work, check the outputs and make the human review points clear.
Make it part of the day.
Assign an owner, help the team use the workflow and leave clear operating guidance. Improve it as real use reveals what is needed.
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About
NSV / LDN
Led by James Bell.
Based in London and working with private-markets teams globally, James brings experience in finance, data and hands-on AI implementation in investment firms and startups.
You work directly with James to understand the task, build the right solution and help your team use it.
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Led byJames Bell
BasedLondon, United Kingdom
Client reachGlobal
BackgroundFinance, Data & AI
FocusHands-on implementation
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05InsightsSelected reading & a practical demo
Notes from the applied side.
Practical guides to choosing useful AI work, building capability and making implementation stick.
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