Scaled Cognition's $100M Series A: Reliability Over Hype
Scaled Cognition, a Mountain View AI model lab, closed a $100 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures at a reported $750 million valuation, betting that regulated industries will pay a premium for AI...
July 4, 2026
KKR's $4.2 Billion EDF Power Solutions Deal Signals Infrastructure's New Core Status
KKR agreed on June 30, 2026 to pay approximately $4.2 billion in equity value, plus up to $390 million in earnouts, for EDF Power Solutions' entire U.S. and Canadian renewable energy business, a...
July 4, 2026
Arrived Review 2026: Is Bezos-Backed Fractional Rental Investing Worth the Fee Stack?
Arrived (formerly Arrived Homes) lets you buy fractional shares of single-family rental homes for as little as $100, backed by Jeff Bezos and Marc Benioff, but its single-family rental portfolio...
July 4, 2026
Groundfloor Review 2026: The Real Estate Debt Platform Open to Non-Accredited Investors
Groundfloor is one of the only platforms where a non-accredited investor can lend directly against a fix-and-flip renovation loan for $10, and its Signature Notes currently pay a fixed 8.25% APY with...
July 4, 2026
Two DSTs Just Sold Out. Here's the 721-Exchange REIT Roll-Up Behind Them
Two sponsors closed the same trade this week, and it tells you where the DST business is headed. On July 2, 2026, ExchangeRight announced it had fully subscribed its Essential Income 7 DST , a $38.95...
July 3, 2026
Harvest Partners Buys Integra Testing Services From Keystone Capital: Inside a Sponsor-to-Sponsor Deal
Harvest Partners, LP announced on July 1, 2026 that it has acquired Integra Testing Services, a national provider of commercial HVAC testing, balancing, and controlled-environment compliance...
July 3, 2026
What Family Offices' 2026 Alternatives Pivot Tells Individual Investors
Family offices now put 42% of their portfolios into alternative investments, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report 2026 , which surveyed 307 family offices with an average net worth of...
July 3, 2026
Managed Futures and CTA Funds: The Liquid Alt That Profits When Stocks and Bonds Both Fall
In 2022, the traditional 60/40 portfolio had its worst year in nearly a century. Stocks fell. Bonds fell. The diversification that retirees and endowments had counted on for decades simply didn't...
July 3, 2026
Vinovest Review 2026: What Fine Wine and Whiskey Cask Investing Actually Costs You
A wine bottle you can't taste, stored in a warehouse you'll never visit, priced by an index most investors have never heard of. That's the pitch behind Vinovest, and it's either a clever way to...
July 3, 2026
The Concentration Trap: How AI Mega-Rounds Turned 'Diversified' VC Into a Single Bet
Global venture capital hit a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026. OpenAI and Anthropic alone absorbed roughly 43% of it, about $217 billion between two companies, according to Crunchbase's...
July 3, 2026
Monomoy Capital Closes $1.3B Jiffy Lube Buyout: Inside Shell's Franchise Carve-Out
Shell USA has stopped changing your oil. On July 1, 2026, Monomoy Capital Partners completed its roughly $1.3 billion acquisition of Jiffy Lube International from Shell, closing a deal first...
July 3, 2026
Catastrophe Bonds Explained: An Accredited Investor's Guide
The catastrophe bond market hit $65.6 billion outstanding at the end of the second quarter of 2026, a record, up 7% year over year, right as hurricane season ramps up in the Atlantic. That number...
July 3, 2026