Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN Plans a $10 Billion AI Venture Fund. Here Is What It Means for You.
TL;DR: Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN, a wholly owned subsidiary of the $1.1 trillion Public Investment Fund (PIF), told Semafor on September 3 that its planned $10 billion global AI venture fund could launch
Sports Team Ownership Funds: A Plain-English Guide to the Alternative Asset Class
TL;DR: Professional sports team ownership has become a recognized alternative asset class as every major U.S. league now permits institutional capital: the NFL became the last holdout when NFL owners
Harvest Returns Review 2026: Farmland Investing Platform for Accredited Investors
Harvest Returns is a Fort Worth, Texas agricultural investment platform founded in 2016. It lets accredited investors put capital into farmland, timberland, private credit loans, and agritech deals...
BCRED Caps Redemptions for Third Straight Quarter: Liquidity Gating Is Now Private Credit's Defining Risk
BCRED capped Q3 2026 redemptions at 5% for the third straight quarter with 4.3B in exit requests, and Fitch found 10 of 16 non-traded BDCs at the wall.
GenNx360 Closes $865M Fund IV: The Realized-Distribution Test That LPs Are Now Demanding
GenNx360 closed $865M Fund IV above target on Sep 3, 2026, while middle-market PE was down 40%-plus because the firm returned $1.3B in cash to LPs.
The Spaventa Playbook: How Pre-IPO Access Funds Became the SEC's Top Fraud Priority
The SEC charged Andrew Spaventa for a $74M pre-IPO fund fraud built on hidden markups averaging 46% above cost and 100-plus unregistered cold-callers.
Sneaker Resale as an Alternative Asset: What the Data Shows
In 2024, 12 of 22 new sneaker releases finished below retail and average depreciation doubled, revealing a weak investment case for this category.
Preferred Equity vs. Preferred Return: What's the Difference (and Why It Costs You Money If You Confuse Them)
Preferred return is a distribution rule inside LP equity, while preferred equity is a senior capital layer paid ahead of common equity.
Capital F's $17M Fund Has 80% Female LPs: What It Signals for Accredited Women Investors
Capital F closed a $17 million debut fund with roughly 80% female LPs, in an industry where women hold under 20% of LP seats.
a16z Bets $1.1 Billion That AI's Next Winners Build Hardware, Not Apps
Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for a new Machine Age Fund dedicated entirely to AI hardware: chips, memory, networking, data centers, and robots.
Temasek's Azalea Raises $1 Billion Across Three PE Structures: What Each Means for LPs
TL;DR: Azalea Investment Management, the Temasek-backed platform that gives accredited investors a door into institutional private equity, announced on August 24, 2026 that it raised more than US$1 bi
SEC Charges Spaventa and TSG Entities Over $74 Million Pre-IPO Markup Scheme: What Investors Should Learn
The SEC charged Andrew Spaventa and three companies he controlled, The Spaventa Group LLC, TSG Capital Advisors LLC, and TSG Alpha Partners LLC, with fraud on August 14, 2026, alleging a scheme that...
Hiive Review 2026: What This Pre-IPO Marketplace Actually Costs
Hiive is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer that runs a live order book for buying and selling shares in pre-IPO companies like SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI. My verdict after digging through its Form...
Homeshares Review 2026: What Home Equity Investing Actually Means for Accredited Investors
Homeshares is the accredited-investor platform run by Nada, a Dallas fintech, that pools capital into a Delaware limited partnership called U.S. Home Equity Fund I , which buys home equity agreements...
Siguler Guff Raises $500 Million for India Mid-Market Private Equity: What Accredited Investors Should Know
Siguler Guff & Company closed its Global Emerging Markets Growth Opportunities Fund II on August 19, 2026, at $500 million in combined capital commitments, more than double the $238 million its...
Lotus Infrastructure Raises $1.8 Billion: What It Means for Accredited Investors Eyeing Energy Infrastructure
TL;DR: Lotus Infrastructure Partners closed roughly $1.8 billion across its fourth flagship fund, related co-investment capacity, and a single-asset continuation vehicle, the largest capital raise in...
How iCapital's Feeder Fund Model Actually Works: The Blackstone SP X Access Fund Explained
On August 10, 2026, a fund called iCapital-Blackstone SP X US Access Fund, L.P. filed an amended notice with the SEC. The number that jumps out: $154,045,000 in cumulative amount sold, spread across...
Private Credit Just Raised $119 Billion in One Quarter. BDC Defaults Just Hit a Record Too.
Private credit funds raised $119 billion in the second quarter of 2026 alone, the fastest single-quarter pace on record, at the same time loan defaults inside the funds that hold this debt hit their...
Non-Accrual Loans: The One BDC Metric You Should Check Before Yield or NAV
The median non-accrual ratio across the 20 largest business development companies climbed to 2.8% in the second quarter of 2026, up from 2.0% at the end of the first quarter. That is a 0.8 percentage...
Gold and Silver Royalty Companies: A Lower-Risk Way to Play Rising Precious Metal Prices
TL;DR: OR Royalties closed 2025 with record revenue of $277.4 million, up from $191.2 million in 2024 , ended the year debt-free, and guided to a 97% average cash margin for 2026. That margin number...