Advisory Shares Explained: What Founders Give Up and What Advisors Actually Earn
Advisory Shares Explained: What Founders Give Up and What Advisors Actually Earn TL;DR: According to Carta's 2024 Annual Equity Report , the median advisory equity grant at pre-seed stage was 0.21%...
May 29, 2026
Thrive Capital: Inside Josh Kushner's $10B Fund and 15-Year Rise to VC's Elite
Thrive Capital: Inside Josh Kushner's $10B Fund and 15-Year Rise to VC's Elite TL;DR: Bloomberg reported on February 17, 2026 that Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital closed Thrive X at over $10 billion,...
May 29, 2026
SEC Accredited Investor Definition: Who Qualifies, What Changed, and the Reform Debate
SEC Accredited Investor Definition: Who Qualifies, What Changed, and the Reform Debate TL;DR: The SEC set the $1 million net worth threshold for accredited investors in 1982. Adjusted for inflation...
May 29, 2026
Yieldstreet Is Now Willow Wealth. Here's What Happened to $208 Million in Investor Capital.
Yieldstreet Is Now Willow Wealth. Here's What Happened to $208 Million in Investor Capital. CNBC's three-part investigation, completed December 5, 2025 , confirmed that Yieldstreet investors lost a...
May 29, 2026
Private Credit Hits $2 Trillion: What Accredited Investors Need to Know Before Jumping In
Private Credit Hits $2 Trillion: What Accredited Investors Need to Know Before Jumping In TL/DR: Private credit is a $2 trillion market that now rivals the entire U.S. high-yield bond market in siz...
May 29, 2026
506(b) vs 506(c): The Two Paths to Raising Capital Under Regulation D
506(b) vs 506(c): The Two Paths to Raising Capital Under Regulation D TL;DR: Private placements under Regulation D raised $2.148 trillion in 2024 alone, dwarfing Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfu...
May 29, 2026
How to Read a PPM: The 3 Sections That Determine Whether You Invest
TL;DR: The PPM is the document that protects the issuer, not you. It is a legal liability shield drafted by the issuer's attorney. Three sections will tell you whether to keep reading or walk away: Ri
May 28, 2026
Gold Hit $5,589 in 2026. Silver Gained 144%. Here's the Commodities Allocation Most Investors Are Missing.
TL;DR: Gold hit $5,589.38 per ounce on January 28, 2026, after rising 65% in 2025. Silver gained 144.66% in 2025 and reached a new historical high of $64.21/oz in December. The Bloomberg Commodity Ind
May 28, 2026
Brighton Park Capital: The $4B Growth Equity Firm Most Investors Have Never Heard Of
TL;DR Brighton Park Capital manages approximately $4 billion in assets. In roughly 18 months, the firm generated two disclosed exits above $400 million each: Paradox sold to Workday for $1 billion in
May 28, 2026
Private Credit Default Rates 2025: Three Indices, Three Very Different Numbers
TL;DR: Depending on which index you read, private credit default rates in 2025 were either 9.2%, 2.46%, or less than 1%. All three numbers are accurate. They just measure completely different things.
May 28, 2026
SEC Private Placement Enforcement 2025: $700M+ in Fraud, Named Cases, and Red Flags
TL;DR: The SEC brought actions totaling over $700 million in alleged private placement fraud in 2025 alone. If you are putting money into a Reg D offering, here is what the enforcement record tells yo
May 28, 2026
CrowdStreet Review 2026: $4.5B Platform After the $63M Fraud
TL;DR On May 19, 2025, U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg sentenced Nightingale Properties CEO Elie Schwartz to 87 months in federal prison for stealing $62.8 million from roughly 800 CrowdStreet inv
May 28, 2026