Regulation A+: The Mini-IPO Most Accredited Investors Overlook
According to SEC data published in June 2025 , Reg A+ issuers have raised approximately $9.4 billion across 800-plus offerings since 2015 — but more than 50 percent of qualified issuers reported zero
June 14, 2026
Liquidation Preference: The Term Sheet Clause That Decides Who Gets Paid
According to Cooley LLP's Q2 2025 Venture Financing Report , covering 238 venture financings, 98 percent of deals carried a 1x liquidation preference and 95 percent used non-participating preferred st
June 14, 2026
Prometheus Raises $12B at $41B Valuation: Bezos's Industrial AI Bet — Investor Analysis
Per TechCrunch's June 11, 2026 report , Prometheus — Jeff Bezos's industrial AI startup — raised $12 billion in a Series B at a $41 billion valuation, bringing total funding to over $18 billion before
June 14, 2026
Down Rounds in 2026: What the Data Says and How Investors Should React
According to PitchBook's analysis , nearly 30 percent of all US venture capital deals in 2024 were flat or down rounds — the highest rate in a decade — with AI mega-rounds masking a broad-based valuat
June 14, 2026
Clearwater Analytics $8.4B Take-Private: What the Goldman Private Credit Deal Tells LP Investors
Per the December 2025 acquisition announcement , Permira and Warburg Pincus are taking Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) private at $24.55 per share — a 47 percent premium to the stock's pre-announcem
June 14, 2026
Wefunder Review 2026: The Equity Crowdfunding Numbers They Don't Advertise
Wefunder is the largest equity crowdfunding platform in the United States. It has raised $983 million across 2,200-plus startups and claims roughly 33 percent of all Regulation Crowdfunding capital. A
June 14, 2026
StartEngine Review 2026: Is This Equity Crowdfunding Platform Worth It?
According to Crowdfund Insider's January 2025 report , StartEngine raised $143 million across 243 offerings in 2024, securing 24% of the U.S. Reg CF market — second only to Wefunder. The platform cros
June 14, 2026
GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules Due in 35 Days: What Accredited Investors Must Know
Six federal agencies are in the final 35-day sprint to publish GENIUS Act stablecoin rules by the July 18, 2026 statutory deadline — and per the Chapman and Cutler GENIUS Act rulemaking tracker , all
June 14, 2026
Yieldstreet Review 2026: $208 Million in Documented Losses, an SEC Fine, and a New Name
On October 22, 2025, Yieldstreet changed its name to Willow Wealth. A new logo, a new domain, and a fresh brand narrative appeared. What also disappeared, simultaneously, was the company's historical
June 13, 2026
What Angel Investors Actually Want in Your Pitch Deck (From Someone Who Has Read Hundreds of Them)
I have sat through hundreds of decks. Most of them are gone from my memory within an hour of reviewing them, not because the founders lacked ambition, but because the decks failed to communicate
June 13, 2026
MOIC: The Private Equity Performance Metric That Tells You Magnitude Without Time
TL;DR: MOIC (Multiple on Invested Capital) measures how many times a fund returned your original investment. Formula: MOIC = Total Value (Realized + Unrealized) / Total Invested Capital. It tells you
June 13, 2026
Clawback Provision in Private Equity: How LPs Get Their Money Back When a Fund Underperforms
TL;DR: 1 in 14 US private equity firms currently owes carried interest back to its investors, according to a study by Upwelling Capital Group. Nearly $80 billion in net asset value sits in funds
June 13, 2026