
Venture Capital
137 Ventures Just Raised $700 Million to Bet Bigger on SpaceX. Here's the Risk Retail Investors Miss
137 Ventures just closed more than $700 million across two new funds , pushing its total assets under management past $15 billion. The firm now owns over 1% of SpaceX, a position founder Justin...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Private Equity
KKR's Crowe Advisory Deal Is Part of Private Equity's Quiet Takeover of Accounting Firms
KKR just closed an equity investment in Crowe Advisory that Crowe announced on August 7 and that press reports peg near $3 billion, and it is not an isolated deal. More than 35% of the top 30 U.S....
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Real Estate
Canyon Partners Just Closed a $570 Million Opportunistic Real Estate Fund. Here's What That Signals
Canyon Partners Real Estate closed its Canyon US Real Estate Opportunity Fund (CREOF) at roughly $570 million on August 10, 2026, beating its $500 million target by about 14%, according to the...
Jeff Barnes, MBA·