Private Credit Is Financing the AI Datacenter Boom. Here's the Concentration Risk Nobody's Pricing.
TL;DR: Private credit funds are underwriting the AI datacenter boom by lending against GPUs and hyperscaler contracts, and the industry is pitching it as diversified, asset-backed credit. It is not....
August 13, 2026
Exponent's EUR750M Continuation Vehicle for H&MV Engineering: The Valuation Math LPs Should Check
TL;DR: Exponent closed a roughly EUR750 million ($865 million) single-asset continuation vehicle for H&MV Engineering on August 11, 2026, valuing the Limerick-based high-voltage electrical contractor...
August 13, 2026
Foreign LPs Are Now the Majority Check-Writers in Seed-Stage India Funds. Here Is the Data.
TL;DR: Aum Ventures closed the first tranche of its India Innovation Fund II at roughly ₹225 crore (about $23.6 million), and more than 65% of that money came from foreign limited partners in the US,...
August 13, 2026
The 45-Day 1031 Exchange Clock: A Section-by-Section Survival Checklist
TL;DR: The 45-day identification deadline in a Section 1031 exchange is absolute. There is no extension for a slow closing, a lost contract, or a holiday weekend, per Treasury Regulation §1.1031(k)-1...
August 13, 2026
Accel's $550M India Fund Closed in Weeks, With 55% of the Last Fund Still Unspent
TL;DR: Accel closed a $550 million India venture fund in weeks, oversubscribed, just 19 months after its prior $650 million India fund. More than 55% of that prior fund sits undeployed, according to...
August 13, 2026
Craft Ventures V: What David Sacks First Fund Since the White House Signals for LPs
TL;DR: Craft Ventures filed a Form D with the SEC on August 7, 2026 for Craft Ventures V, LP, an indefinite-size venture capital fund that people close to the raise say is targeting roughly $1...
August 13, 2026
Medalist Diversified's Debut DST Just Closed. Its NASDAQ Listing Is the Real Story.
TL;DR: Medalist Diversified, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRR) closed its debut Delaware Statutory Trust offering on August 7, 2026, raising $8,586,240 in equity from accredited 1031 exchange investors against a...
August 13, 2026
Kay Properties vs. Passco Companies: How Two DST Sponsors Actually Differ for 1031 Exchange Investors
TL;DR: Kay Properties & Investments is a marketplace. It doesn't sponsor its own DSTs; it gives investors access to offerings from more than 25 different DST sponsor companies and helps them pick and...
August 13, 2026
Team8's $365M Fund III Already Has an Exit. Here's What That Signals About Deployment Discipline.
TL;DR: Team8 closed $365 million in new capital this month, split between $265 million for Fund III and more than $100 million for follow-on checks, pushing total assets under management to nearly $2...
August 13, 2026
Why Institutional Language Can Hurt a Small Fund Raise
I've sat across the table from GPs who opened their pitch with "our differentiated, value-add approach to sourcing proprietary deal flow." Thirty seconds in, and the LP across from them had already
August 12, 2026
The Soft Skills That Kill Hard Raises.
The Soft Skills That Kill Hard Raises Most people think a hard raise gets won on the spreadsheet. It doesn’t. Serious investors do not just underwrite your market, your terms, or your upside. Rese
August 12, 2026
LPs Can Smell Delegated Conviction.
I sat across from a first-time GP three years ago who answered every question the exact same way his placement agent had coached him to. Word for word. When an LP asked a follow-up that veered...
August 12, 2026