Carta Review 2026: What Happened After Carta Killed Its Own Secondary Market
    Capital Raising

    Carta Review 2026: What Happened After Carta Killed Its Own Secondary Market

    Carta manages equity ownership records for approximately 40,000 startups and reported roughly $370 million in combined annual revenue as of early 2024, split across cap table software ($250 million),

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read
    Permira and CPP Investments Take Fund Administrator JTC Private for 2.7 Billion Pounds
    Private Equity

    Permira and CPP Investments Take Fund Administrator JTC Private for 2.7 Billion Pounds

    Permira and CPP Investments took fund administrator JTC private for 2.7 billion pounds, consolidating the infrastructure behind private funds.

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··7 min read
    What a Fund Administrator Does, and Why LPs Now Require One
    Alternative Investments

    What a Fund Administrator Does, and Why LPs Now Require One

    TL;DR: A hedge fund manager named Grant Grieve invented a fake back-office administrator called Global Hedge Fund Services and used it to certify returns that didn't exist. The SEC charged him with securities fraud...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
    If Your Service Providers Feel Generic, Your Fund Does Too
    Venture Capital

    If Your Service Providers Feel Generic, Your Fund Does Too

    If Your Service Providers Feel Generic, Your Fund Does Too Most emerging managers think their fund will be judged on thesis, track record, and deck quality. That's only half true. The other half is...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read
    What Is AngelList? The Platform That Democratized VC (And the Returns Problem Nobody Talks About)
    Capital Raising

    What Is AngelList? The Platform That Democratized VC (And the Returns Problem Nobody Talks About)

    What Is AngelList? The Platform That Democratized VC (And the Returns Problem Nobody Talks About) AngelList manages $171 billion in assets across more than 25,000 funds and syndicates. The median SPV return on that...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read