CVC's Sweet Tooth: Inside a $12B Bet on Food Ingredients
CVC bought Irca from Advent five weeks after buying IFF's ingredients unit for $4.3B. Here's what LPs in Fund IX should ask about this platform bet.
July 5, 2026
Alderley Group's £40M Collapse: What US Accredited Investors Must Learn About Unregulated Loan Notes
Alderley Group's £40M UK loan-note collapse exposes red flags US accredited investors must screen for using SEC Reg D 506(b)/506(c) diligence rules.
July 5, 2026
Where Q2 2026 Venture Capital Money Actually Went
Q2 2026 VC hit $205B, but $217B of H1 funding went to just two AI labs. See the data on Gulf sovereign capital, mega-rounds, and the AI/non-AI split.
July 5, 2026
How to Read Your Schedule K-1: A Limited Partner's Guide to Private Fund Tax Reporting
If you are a limited partner in a VC fund, PE fund, real estate syndication, or hedge fund structured as a partnership, your Schedule K-1 will almost certainly arrive after April 15, sometimes as...
July 4, 2026
Private Credit's $2 Trillion Blind Spot: What It Actually Shares With Pre-2008 CDOs
Private credit has grown into a $1.5-2 trillion global market, and in the fourth quarter of 2025, 20 BDCs posted net asset value declines of 1.5% or more in a single quarter, the worst reading of the...
July 4, 2026
Why Crypto VCs, Not AI Funds, Bet $65M on Venice AI's Uncensored Platform
Venice AI, a privacy-focused AI platform co-founded by ShapeShift's Erik Voorhees, raised $65 million at a $1 billion valuation in a Series A that closed the first week of July 2026. The lead...
July 4, 2026
Groundfloor Review 2026: The Real Estate Debt Platform Open to Non-Accredited Investors
Groundfloor is one of the only platforms where a non-accredited investor can lend directly against a fix-and-flip renovation loan for $10, and its Signature Notes currently pay a fixed 8.25% APY with...
July 4, 2026
Arrived Review 2026: Is Bezos-Backed Fractional Rental Investing Worth the Fee Stack?
Arrived (formerly Arrived Homes) lets you buy fractional shares of single-family rental homes for as little as $100, backed by Jeff Bezos and Marc Benioff, but its single-family rental portfolio...
July 4, 2026
SEC Form D Data: Where $767 Billion in Private Capital Actually Went
The most recent verified SEC data shows Regulation D private placements raised $767.2 billion in Q1 2026 alone, the highest single quarter on record, and 2025's full-year Reg D total came in at...
July 4, 2026
KKR's $4.2 Billion EDF Power Solutions Deal Signals Infrastructure's New Core Status
KKR agreed on June 30, 2026 to pay approximately $4.2 billion in equity value, plus up to $390 million in earnouts, for EDF Power Solutions' entire U.S. and Canadian renewable energy business, a...
July 4, 2026
Scaled Cognition's $100M Series A: Reliability Over Hype
Scaled Cognition, a Mountain View AI model lab, closed a $100 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures at a reported $750 million valuation, betting that regulated industries will pay a premium for AI...
July 4, 2026
Continental's €4 Billion ContiTech Sale to Lone Star Funds: The Corporate Carve-Out Playbook
Continental AG confirmed on July 3, 2026 that its Executive and Supervisory Boards approved a deal to sell the ContiTech industrial-rubber division to Lone Star Funds at a €4 billion ($4.6 billion)...
July 4, 2026