Before the enthusiasm: mandate, compliance, jurisdiction. The idea of a direct opposition between a dynamic weighting mechanism like gating networks and fundamental approaches to venture capital modeling is an excessive simplification; a gating network could rather be a conditional refinement.
The integration of such a methodology must first be examined under the approval pathway by the ASIC and its capacity to improve transparency in investment decisions.
If it makes the due diligence process less traceable or more opaque, it would be forbidden, negating any theoretical opposition.
Its relevance would depend on its integration into an existing compliance framework, for example, ensuring that attribute weighting does not mask corporate governance risks.