Ex-a16z Partner Bryan Kim Launches Mido Capital, Targets $100M Debut Consumer AI Fund
TL;DR: Bryan Kim, who spent more than five years on Andreessen Horowitz's consumer and AI-apps team, is raising roughly $100 million for a debut fund at his new firm, Mido Capital, according to a
August 10, 2026
Sycamore Tree's CLO Debt Fund Hit $131.5M: How to Read a Private Credit Filing History
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners' High Grade CLO Debt Fund reported $131.5 million in cumulative securities sold and six investors in a July 23, 2026 Form D/A, up from $121.5 million and two investors...
August 9, 2026
Redemption Gates: The Fine Print That Decides When You Actually Get Your Money Back
Redemption gates cap how much money can leave a fund in a given quarter, usually 2-5% of net asset value. When requests exceed that cap, you get a partial fill and a place in line for next quarter....
August 9, 2026
9,918 First-Time Funds Filed in Q1 2026: What the SEC's Form D Data Tells You
Reg D fund issuers raised $682.6 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 39% from $490.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to SEC DERA's Regulation D Offerings Statistics . Buried...
August 9, 2026
Whatnot's $20 Billion Round Just Gave Retail Its First Real Crack at Late-Stage Venture Upside
TL;DR: Whatnot closed a $545 million Series G on August 5, 2026, valuing the live-commerce platform at $20 billion, and Robinhood Ventures Fund I (NYSE: RVI) put in roughly $30 million of preferred...
August 9, 2026
North Haven Net REIT Raises $58.3 Million: What Morgan Stanley's Monthly NAV REIT Closing Actually Costs You
North Haven Net REIT, the perpetual-life, non-listed real estate investment trust advised by a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, sold 2,790,195 common shares on August 3, 2026 for roughly...
August 9, 2026
Cornerstone Investors: What the First LP in Your Fund Actually Costs You
TL;DR: A cornerstone investor is the first LP who commits real size, usually 15-30% of your target, before you have a track record for that specific fund, and their check is what unlocks every check...
August 9, 2026
Cadre Direct Access Fund Review 2026: Minimums, Fees, and the Willow Wealth Problem
TL;DR: Cadre's Direct Access Fund still lists a $25,000 minimum and a fee stack around 1.5% annual asset management plus a 1.0% transaction fee, per Cadre's own support page . But the harder fact to...
August 9, 2026
The SPAC Comeback Nobody's Hyping (And Why That's the Point)
SPACs are back, quietly. Not 2021 back. In 2025, 144 SPAC IPOs raised more than $30 billion, the strongest year since the boom, and 2026 is on pace to land somewhere close to that, with roughly 112...
August 9, 2026
CD&R's Fund XIII Offshore Filing: What a SICAV-RAIF Feeder Actually Does
On August 5, 2026, an entity called CD R Fund XIII Private Investors Offshore SICAV-RAIF S.C.Sp. filed a Form D with the SEC under Investment Company Act Section 3(c)(7). It's the offshore feeder...
August 9, 2026
Bad Actor Disqualification Under Rule 506: What Every LP Should Check Before Wiring Capital
Rule 506 of Regulation D lets private companies and funds raise capital without SEC registration, but there's a gate most retail-facing explainers skip: the SEC's "bad actor" disqualification rule,...
August 9, 2026
Fund Extensions and Harvest Periods: What Happens When a PE Fund Outlives Its 10-Year Term
A fund extension is a clause in a private equity fund's limited partnership agreement (LPA) that lets the general partner (GP) keep operating the fund past its stated 10-year term, usually in one-year
August 8, 2026