Carried Interest Explained: How Fund Managers Get Paid and What It Costs You as an LP
Carried Interest Explained: How Fund Managers Get Paid and What It Costs You as an LP TL;DR: Carried interest is the GP's 20% share of fund profits after you get your capital back plus a preferred return. On a $100M...
June 4, 2026
Qualified Opportunity Zones in 2026: The Permanent Tax Advantage Most Accredited Investors Have Not Priced In
Qualified Opportunity Zones in 2026: The Permanent Tax Advantage Most Accredited Investors Have Not Priced In TL/DR: On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which made the...
June 4, 2026
AlphaSense Raises $350M at $7.5B: What the J.P. Morgan and Goldman Co-Investment Signal Means for Accredited Investors
AlphaSense Raises $350M at $7.5B: What the J.P. Morgan and Goldman Co-Investment Signal Means for Accredited Investors TL/DR: On June 3, 2026, AlphaSense announced a $350M raise at a $7.5B post-money valuation , up from...
June 4, 2026
Partners Group Capped Withdrawals at 5%. Here Is What Every LP in an Evergreen Fund Must Understand.
Partners Group Capped Withdrawals at 5%. Here Is What Every LP in an Evergreen Fund Must Understand. TL;DR: On June 3, 2026, Partners Group activated its redemption cap on the $8.6 billion Global Value SICAV fund after...
June 4, 2026
Blackstone Asia Fund III Closes at $13.1 Billion: What Accredited Investors Need to Know
Blackstone Asia Fund III Closes at $13.1 Billion: What Accredited Investors Need to Know TL;DR: On June 2, 2026, Blackstone officially closed Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III (BCP Asia III) at $13.1 billion , making...
June 4, 2026
Tom Mueller and Impulse Space: Why a $4.26B Valuation Matters for Defense-Tech Investors
Impulse Space raised $500M at a $4.26B valuation on June 2, 2026 per Source . That's a 2.4x jump from the $1.8B implied Series C valuation in under 13 months. Tom Mueller (SpaceX's first employee,
June 3, 2026
Convertible Note Explained: How Startups Borrow Their Way to a Valuation
According to Y Combinator's published financing documents , A convertible note is debt that becomes equity in a future priced round. Startups borrow now and postpone valuation questions. Before Uber
June 3, 2026
Q1 2026 Venture Funding Broke Records. Here's What Accredited Investors Should Do With That Data.
Per Crunchbase's Q1 2026 global funding report , venture capital hit $300 billion in a single quarter, shattering every historical record. Four AI companies absorbed $188 billion of that, or 65 cents
June 3, 2026
Fund of Funds for Accredited Investors: What the Fee Math Really Says
According to Harris, Jenkinson, Kaplan and Stucke (2018) , A fund of funds (FoF) is a pooled investment vehicle that buys shares in other funds rather than individual companies. You pay two layers of
June 3, 2026
Brighton Park Capital: The $4.5B Growth Equity Firm Reshaping Enterprise Software
Per SEC Form ADV (CRD 304261) , Brighton Park Capital manages $4.5B in regulatory assets under management. The Greenwich-based growth equity firm operates a concentrated strategy: two flagship funds
June 3, 2026
Common Stock vs. Preferred Stock: Why Liquidation Preference Is Your Only Real Protection
In 2005, Trados received a $60 million acquisition offer. Per Delaware Court of Chancery ruling In re Trados Inc. Shareholder Litigation , preferred stockholders received $52.2 million. Common
June 3, 2026
SAFE vs. Convertible Note: The Investor's Playbook
Founders love SAFEs. You should think twice. Y Combinator's Simple Agreement for Future Equity dominates early-stage rounds because it's fast, cheap, and founder-friendly. But SAFEs strip away
June 3, 2026