Chicago Atlantic's $62.5M Koach Deal Shows What Cannabis Real Estate Credit Actually Pays
TL;DR: Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI) just issued 4.3 million shares to Koach Capital in exchange for $62.5 million of second-lien notes secured by 32 cannabis retail properties. The note
July 14, 2026
Citation Capital's $1.2 Billion Debut Fund: Inside the Largest Female-Founded Buyout Raise Ever
TL;DR: Citation Capital, a Dallas and Greenwich-based buyout shop founded by two former Goldman Sachs and BDT Capital dealmakers, closed its first fund at $1.2 billion, hit its hard cap, and is now si
July 14, 2026
Elevation Capital's $500M Fund IX Bets on India's AI App Layer
Elevation Capital just closed a $500M fund to back seed and Series A AI startups in India, and paired it with a $400M late-stage vehicle for $900M in total firepower. Check sizes at the earliest stage
July 14, 2026
Acurio Ventures' €115M Secondaries Fund: What VC Secondaries Actually Are, and Whether US Investors Have an Equivalent
TL;DR: Bilbao-based Acurio Ventures closed a €115 million fund built entirely to buy stakes in European VC funds from LPs who want out early, a corner of the market called "VC secondaries." Acurio say
July 14, 2026
Blue Origin's $10B Round Is Closed to You — Here's the Real Access Gap for Accredited Investors
Blue Origin is closing its first-ever outside funding round: $10 billion at a $130 billion pre-money valuation, according to reporting from Ars Technica on the deal . Coatue Management is leading
July 13, 2026
Regulation A+ Offerings Explained: The Accredited (and Non-Accredited) Investor Guide for 2026
Regulation A+ is the SEC exemption that lets a private company raise up to $75 million in a 12-month period from both accredited and non-accredited investors without running a full-blown IPO regi
July 13, 2026
Aircraft Leasing Funds for Accredited Investors: The Real Access Points in 2026
AE Industrial Partners Aerospace Leasing Fund II, LP filed an SEC Form D for a $300 million offering, and by the time the filing hit EDGAR the fund had already pulled in roughly $209 million of i
July 13, 2026
SambaNova's $1B Series F Hit an $11B Valuation. Here's How You Actually Get Exposure.
SambaNova Systems closed the first tranche of a $1 billion Series F on July 8, 2026, at an $11 billion post-money valuation, led by General Atlantic with T. Rowe Price, Capital Group, BlackRock-m
July 13, 2026
Titan Invest Review 2026: Fees, ARK Venture Fund Access, and the SEC Settlement You Need to Know
Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC, the registered investment adviser behind the Titan Invest app, pitches itself as hedge-fund-style active management for people who don't have hedge-fund m
July 13, 2026
Churchill and Seviora's $400 Million CFO: What It Is, and Why You Can't Own It
TL;DR: Churchill Asset Management and Seviora Holdings closed a roughly $400 million collateralized fund obligation (CFO) on July 13, 2026, blending Churchill's U.S. private equity and junior cap
July 13, 2026
Revenue-Based Financing for Accredited Investors: How RBF Deals Actually Work in 2026
A SaaS company with $2M in ARR takes a $600,000 advance from Lighter Capital. The repayment cap sits at 1.5x principal, so the company owes $900,000 total. Monthly royalty payments run 6% of reve
July 13, 2026
Whisky Cask Investing: The Alternative Asset With a Fraud Problem
Alison Cocks has terminal cancer. She spent £103,000 buying whisky casks she thought would fund her family's future, money handed to Cask Whisky Ltd, a firm run by Craig Brooks, a man later expos
July 13, 2026