Revenue-Based Financing for Accredited Investors: How RBF Deals Actually Work in 2026
A SaaS company with $2M in ARR takes a $600,000 advance from Lighter Capital. The repayment cap sits at 1.5x principal, so the company owes $900,000 total. Monthly royalty payments run 6% of reve
July 13, 2026
Blue Origin's $10B Round Is Closed to You — Here's the Real Access Gap for Accredited Investors
Blue Origin is closing its first-ever outside funding round: $10 billion at a $130 billion pre-money valuation, according to reporting from Ars Technica on the deal . Coatue Management is leading
July 13, 2026
SambaNova's $1B Series F Hit an $11B Valuation. Here's How You Actually Get Exposure.
SambaNova Systems closed the first tranche of a $1 billion Series F on July 8, 2026, at an $11 billion post-money valuation, led by General Atlantic with T. Rowe Price, Capital Group, BlackRock-m
July 13, 2026
Private Credit's Mega-Fund Problem: Five Managers Raised $64 Billion While Retail BDCs Hit Redemption Walls
Five managers pulled in more than $64 billion in fresh private credit commitments during the first half of 2026. Barings raised $19 billion, Churchill Asset Management raised $16 billion, Crescen
July 13, 2026
Titan Invest Review 2026: Fees, ARK Venture Fund Access, and the SEC Settlement You Need to Know
Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC, the registered investment adviser behind the Titan Invest app, pitches itself as hedge-fund-style active management for people who don't have hedge-fund m
July 13, 2026
Whisky Cask Investing: The Alternative Asset With a Fraud Problem
Alison Cocks has terminal cancer. She spent £103,000 buying whisky casks she thought would fund her family's future, money handed to Cask Whisky Ltd, a firm run by Craig Brooks, a man later expos
July 13, 2026
Mavik Capital's $1B Bet on Distressed CRE: What the 2026 Maturity Wall Means for You
Mavik Capital Management is out raising $1 billion for a new fund, VS3, built to buy distressed commercial real estate and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) before the 2026 loan maturi
July 13, 2026
Regulation A+ Offerings Explained: The Accredited (and Non-Accredited) Investor Guide for 2026
Regulation A+ is the SEC exemption that lets a private company raise up to $75 million in a 12-month period from both accredited and non-accredited investors without running a full-blown IPO regi
July 13, 2026
Aircraft Leasing Funds for Accredited Investors: The Real Access Points in 2026
AE Industrial Partners Aerospace Leasing Fund II, LP filed an SEC Form D for a $300 million offering, and by the time the filing hit EDGAR the fund had already pulled in roughly $209 million of i
July 13, 2026
HarbourVest's $4.75B Co-Investment Close Signals a New High in LP Demand
HarbourVest Partners just closed its seventh direct co-investment program, HCF VII, at $4.75 billion. That's 19% above the fund's original $4 billion target. When a program this size clears its hard c
July 12, 2026
The BDC Redemption Crisis: Why $15.6 Billion Couldn't Get Out in Q2 2026
Investors asked private credit funds for $15.6 billion back in the second quarter of 2026. Ten of the 16 business development companies that Fitch Ratings tracks couldn't pay it. Their quarterly redem
July 12, 2026
Serent Capital's Record $1.3B Fund VI Signals a Growth Equity Rebound
Serent Capital just closed the largest fund of its 18-year history. Fund VI landed at $1.3 billion, beating its own record and arriving at a moment when buyout PE is stuck in neutral. That timing matt
July 12, 2026