Eagle Point's $14B Private Credit Bet on U.S. Battery Manufacturing

    Eagle Point's $14B Private Credit Bet on U.S. Battery Manufacturing

    Private credit managers raised $262 billion in the first half of 2026 alone, a 30% increase year-over-year, according to Credit Crunch's H1 2026 market analysis . The latest example: Eagle Point Credi

    July 31, 2026

    How to Evaluate a Real Estate Syndication Before You Invest: The Due Diligence Checklist

    How to Evaluate a Real Estate Syndication Before You Invest: The Due Diligence Checklist

    The SEC's March 12, 2025 no-action letter simplified the investor verification requirements for Rule 506(c) offerings — a change that makes it easier for sponsors to broadly advertise private real est

    July 31, 2026

    Volatility Is Not the Enemy. Unstructured Exposure Is.

    Volatility Is Not the Enemy. Unstructured Exposure Is.

    According to Cboe's VIX historical data, implied volatility has consistently exceeded realized volatility over long periods — a structural dynamic that sophisticated investors use as a framework for p

    July 31, 2026

    NAV Lines of Credit: What Private Equity LPs Need to Know Before the Next Draw

    NAV Lines of Credit: What Private Equity LPs Need to Know Before the Next Draw

    According to research from the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) , the NAV financing market has grown to approximately $100 billion and is projected to reach $600 billion by 2030. If y

    July 31, 2026

    RAD Diversified REIT $152M SEC Fraud: What Every Real Estate Investor Should Know

    RAD Diversified REIT $152M SEC Fraud: What Every Real Estate Investor Should Know

    According to the SEC's litigation release filed July 29, 2026 , RAD Diversified REIT Inc. raised $152 million from more than 5,500 investors through unregistered securities offerings — then spent tens

    July 31, 2026

    Hard Money Lending: The High-Yield Real Estate Debt Strategy for Accredited Investors

    Hard Money Lending: The High-Yield Real Estate Debt Strategy for Accredited Investors

    The national average hard money lending rate hit 10.36% in July 2026, according to HardMoneyLenders.io's July 2026 rate survey , against a U.S. 10-year Treasury yield of approximately 4.3%. For accred

    July 31, 2026

    KeyCity Capital Fraud: How Real Estate Influencers Lost $100M in Investor Money

    KeyCity Capital Fraud: How Real Estate Influencers Lost $100M in Investor Money

    On June 9, 2026, the Texas State Securities Board issued an emergency cease-and-desist against Tie Lasater and Shiloh Lasater of Southlake, Texas, ordering them to stop soliciting investors into their

    July 31, 2026

    What Serious Health-Tech Investors Learn After Trust Breaks

    What Serious Health-Tech Investors Learn After Trust Breaks

    What Serious Health-Tech Investors Learn After Trust Breaks According to CB Insights' State of Digital Health 2025 Report , digital health funding rebounded to $22.3 billion in 2025, with AI

    July 30, 2026

    Angel Group Rankings and Market Data: What Public Signals Reveal About Angel Investing

    Angel Group Rankings and Market Data: What Public Signals Reveal About Angel Investing

    According to the Angel Capital Association's 2026 Angel Funders Report , angel investment increased 12 percent year over year in 2025, rising to $491.3 million, with groups writing larger checks

    July 30, 2026

    The Next Health Crisis Will Reward Prepared Investors: 7 Systems to Protect Capital, Family, and Freedom

    The Next Health Crisis Will Reward Prepared Investors: 7 Systems to Protect Capital, Family, and Freedom

    According to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook , the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 3.1 percent contraction in global GDP in 2020—the deepest global recession since the Great

    July 30, 2026

    Your Data Room Is Quietly Telling LPs You're Not Ready

    Your Data Room Is Quietly Telling LPs You're Not Ready

    Your Data Room Is Quietly Telling LPs You're Not Ready According to PipelineRoad's Fundraising Data Room Guide , managers who launched with a complete data room consistently compressed their

    July 30, 2026

    How Investors Should Evaluate AI Consulting Firms Before Custom Work Destroys the Margins

    How Investors Should Evaluate AI Consulting Firms Before Custom Work Destroys the Margins

    According to Menlo Ventures' 2025 State of Generative AI in the Enterprise , enterprise spending on generative AI reached $37 billion in 2025, yet 76 percent of AI use cases are now purchased rather

    July 30, 2026