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The State of VC: Q3 2025 shows life is better when you’re large
Exit activity rebounds to multi-year highs, but VC's bifurcated landscape favors the large and established.
The State of Private Equity Q3 2025: the long-awaited recovery knocks?
Lower borrowing costs are unlocking opportunities—but not everywhere. Find out which areas are thriving, which are struggling, and what comes next.
Why GPs need an AI CRM for investor relations
Many GPs attempt to retrofit generic CRMs for fundraising use, but the hidden costs add up quickly.
From promise to proof: How GPs are turning AI into operational alpha
Nearly 80% of GPs are no longer just testing the waters—they’re either piloting AI in select use cases or actively deploying it across multiple departments.
Do your firm’s internal structures help or hinder your success?
Internal structures—how decisions get made, how information flows, and what behaviors get rewarded—either create compounding competitive advantages or silently constrain growth as a firm scales.
Is your technology driving operational alpha or holding your firm back?
There's a crucial distinction between firms that just use technology to maintain the status quo and those that leverage it to create lasting competitive advantages.
Fundraiser Feature: Levi Benkert at Harbor Capital
Harbor Capital's Levi Benkert shares how off-market sourcing and disciplined execution led to the success of their first industrial fund.
Fundraiser Feature: Tang Tang at Cottonwood Group
Cottonwood Group’s Tang Tang explains how the firm doubled its fundraising target to $1B by combining a disciplined, credit-focused strategy with in-house operational expertise.
AI, operations, and retail capital: The new GP advantage
GPs must modernize operations with AI and tech—streamlining workflows, scaling trust, and delivering the public-markets-like experience investors expect.
The new rules of retail LP management
To win retail capital, GPs need to rethink how IR functions.
How & why Blackstone embraced private credit
Blackstone's private credit move is reshaping finance, funding companies, and setting new market trends. Discover their powerful model for growth and investment leadership.
The art of valuations
Ultimately, a valuation isn't just a number—it's a narrative that shapes LP trust.