Two ideas sit behind one of our values

Tempo is external. It is the art of good timing: the way an elite sports team controls the pace of a game, or the way suspense in a film can come from slowing down. Tempo is about when you act and how fast.

Why the largest gain at exit is often reclassification rather than operational improvement, and why the data already inside the business is what justifies it.

Why the value of AI lives in context, harness and human craft - and what that has to do with how we invest.

This document is aimed at anyone already using or considering AI coding assistants who wants to get the most out of them without sacrificing code quality. It assumes a reasonable level of programming experience and some prior experience with AI tooling. It is not a tutorial on any specific tool. Instead, it is an opinionated guide to the practices, workflows and infrastructure that make AI-assisted development actually work well in a team setting.

At WovenLight we focus on delivering value creation for our portfolio companies as rapidly as possible. We identify the key opportunities and implement the most suitable solutions and technologies for the given company. At WovenLight we focus on delivering value creation for our portfolio companies as rapidly as possible. We identify the key opportunities and implement the most suitable solutions and technologies for the given company. For some of our portfolio companies the greatest value opportunities have been most effectively solved by LLM (Large Language Model) based solutions. This post will look at the latest agentic capabilities now available from LLM providers, and how we are leveraging them with our portfolio companies.

In Legacy, James Kerr’s study of New Zealand’s legendary All Blacks rugby team culture he found that continued success requires a constant recalibrating of how the players and their environment operated.

He identified a simple equation, namely that “Performance = Capability × Behaviour”, by which he argued that whilst talent may help you win once, it was the behaviours, character and associated systems that made winning a relentless habit.

Ahead of IPEM 2025, Simon shared some thoughts on the challenge of value creation within PE portfolio companies. Simon will be speaking with Mattias Holmstrom from Altor on our innovative model for AI-driven value creation at IPEM on Thursday 25th September (11:55am in Summit Room 4)

Last Saturday, our Director (Michelle Seng Ah Lee) and Senior Data Scientist (Ian Louw) completed the Médoc Marathon: a 42.195 km race through the vineyards of Bordeaux with 23 wine-tasting stops. Leading up to the marathon, we published an article on how we designed the optimisation algorithm for the Médoc Marathon…

This Saturday, our Director (Michelle Seng Ah Lee) and Senior Data Scientist (Ian Louw) will be taking part in one of the most unusual endurance events in the world: the Médoc Marathon. On paper, it is a standard marathon: 42.195 km through the vineyards of Bordeaux. In reality, it is anything but ordinary…

Nordic Tyre Group is the largest tyre wholesaler in the Nordics and Baltics, serving as an integral part of the value chain in the aftermarket between tyre manufacturers and has more than 10,000 customers, including tyre retailers, car dealers, automotive workshops and online platforms.

In order to more quickly, accurately, and precisely identify, evaluate, and underwrite the value creation opportunities in companies.

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” That famous quip by heavyweight champion Mike Tyson captures a truth every coach knows: a game plan lasts only…

Globally, dealmakers face a stark new landscape. Stubborn interest rates, persistent inflation, a hesitant economy, and geo-political uncertainty have sapped the once-frenetic pace of…

It’s hard to believe how much our approach to using data and AI to drive operational performance has changed over the past 15 years. We’ve lived through distinct eras — each with its own mindset…

We live in an era of hyper-personalisation, in which products and services are tailored to individual preferences. In private equity, every portfolio company is different, with its unique set of…

Private equity is at a transformative juncture as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integral to both in-house operations and portfolio company strategies. In-house use cases of AI among PE…