The Key Person Clause: What Actually Protects You If Your Fund Manager Walks Away

    The Key Person Clause: What Actually Protects You If Your Fund Manager Walks Away

    Most LPs invest in a fund because of two or three specific people, and almost none of them read the clause that protects them if those people leave, according to the SEC's own investor education...

    July 16, 2026

    Senra Systems Raised $65M to Automate One of Manufacturing's Last Manual Processes

    Senra Systems Raised $65M to Automate One of Manufacturing's Last Manual Processes

    Senra Systems just raised $65 million to fix one of manufacturing's most stubbornly manual processes, according to The AI Journal . The Series B, announced July 15, 2026, was co-led by...

    July 16, 2026

    Trade Credit Insurance Funds: The Alternative Asset Class Betting on Who Doesn't Get Paid

    Trade Credit Insurance Funds: The Alternative Asset Class Betting on Who Doesn't Get Paid

    Trade credit insurance protects a business against the one risk most owners never plan for, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners : a customer that simply doesn't pay....

    July 16, 2026

    SkyKnight Capital Closes Fund V at $2 Billion, More Than Doubling Its Last Raise

    SkyKnight Capital Closes Fund V at $2 Billion, More Than Doubling Its Last Raise

    SkyKnight Capital just closed its fifth buyout fund at $2 billion, according to Connect Money . The fund, SkyKnight Capital Fund V, was oversubscribed against a $1.5 billion target, closed on...

    July 16, 2026

    Sagard's Third Private Credit Fund Just Hit $1 Billion. Here's What It Means for Direct Lending

    Sagard's Third Private Credit Fund Just Hit $1 Billion. Here's What It Means for Direct Lending

    Sagard just closed the first tranche of its third direct-lending fund at more than $1 billion, according to Alternative Credit Investor . The Canadian alternative asset manager pulled...

    July 16, 2026

    EquityBee Review 2026: Should You Fund Someone Else's Stock Options?

    EquityBee Review 2026: Should You Fund Someone Else's Stock Options?

    EquityBee has built its entire business on a problem most startup employees discover too late, according to the company's own platform : you can't afford to exercise your options after you...

    July 16, 2026

    CLO Equity Explained: The Riskiest, Highest-Paying Slice of Private Credit

    CLO Equity Explained: The Riskiest, Highest-Paying Slice of Private Credit

    CLO equity is the tranche that eats losses first and profits most, and according to the SEC's investor education office , it's also one of the least understood corners of private credit. A CLO,...

    July 16, 2026

    Three PE Funds Closed Oversubscribed This Week. Here's Who Actually Benefits

    Three PE Funds Closed Oversubscribed This Week. Here's Who Actually Benefits

    Three private equity firms announced oversubscribed, hard-capped fund closes within 48 hours of each other this week, according to Connect Money . I don't think that's a coincidence, and I don't...

    July 16, 2026

    Cyclops Raised $20M to Fix the Weekend Problem in Payments. Here's the Real Opportunity

    Cyclops Raised $20M to Fix the Weekend Problem in Payments. Here's the Real Opportunity

    Cyclops just raised $20 million to fix a problem most people don't know exists in how money moves on weekends, according to Fortune . The Miami-based fintech closed a Series A led by Nava...

    July 16, 2026

    Private Credit Raised $16 Billion in Q2. Only Half of It Found a Home

    Private Credit Raised $16 Billion in Q2. Only Half of It Found a Home

    Direct lending funds raised $16.25 billion in Q2 2026, up from just $1.3 billion in Q1, according to a Reuters report citing Preqin data . But the money isn't finding a home fast enough. That...

    July 16, 2026

    Long Angle Review 2026: Is a Vetted Investor Community Worth the Dues?

    Long Angle Review 2026: Is a Vetted Investor Community Worth the Dues?

    Long Angle built its membership around a simple thesis, according to the community's own site : high-net-worth operators make better investment decisions in a room of peers than alone with a...

    July 16, 2026

    Warren Equity Partners Closes $2.8B Fund V: Why LPs Doubled Down on Infrastructure Services

    Warren Equity Partners Closes $2.8B Fund V: Why LPs Doubled Down on Infrastructure Services

    Warren Equity Partners closed its fifth flagship fund at a $2.8 billion hard cap on July 13, 2026, according to Alternatives Watch. That's more than double the $1.4 billion the Jacksonville Beach, Flo

    July 16, 2026