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Outbound Investor Outreach for Fundraising Success

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Outbound Investor Outreach for Fundraising Success By: Aman Agrawal  July 9, 2026 Share:        Outbound investor outreach has become an integral part of raising funds for early-stage startups, young managers, investment banks, and private market advisors. The money is out there, but investors are now pickier, data-driven, and focused on mandate fit. According to CB Insights , venture funding worldwide reached $469 billion in 2025, representing a 47% YoY growth, while deal count was down 17% to 29,501 deals. Companies in AI raised $226 billion, which represents 48% of all venture funding, while mega rounds captured $307 billion, or 65% of global venture capital. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! Outbound Investor Outreach Foundations and Context According to Carta, the median pre-money valuation of seed rounds reached $16 million in Q1 2025, growing by 18% year over year, whereas the number of seed rounds decreased by 28%. Under these c...

Outsourced NAV Calculation Services for Fund Managers

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Outsourced NAV Calculation Services for Fund Managers By: Dhanita Arora  July 6, 2026 Share:        The timeframes for reports are getting shorter, asset classes are becoming more sophisticated, and expectations of investors are on the rise. Under these conditions, an outsourced NAV calculation services can be useful for investment companies because it allows one to calculate net asset value with higher consistency, independent verification, and operational rigor. Net asset value is no longer an accounting figure that is calculated once a month. It impacts subscriptions, redemptions, reports for investors, performance analysis, fees for management, carry, and operations due diligence. With the growing share of alternative investments among funds, private credit, hedge funds , real estate, and co-investments, internal teams usually have problems keeping pace. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! Outsourced NAV Calculation Services: Foundati...

PPM Essentials for Private Capital Fundraising 2026

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PPM Essentials for Private Capital Fundraising 2026 By: Tanya Jain  July 3, 2026 Share:        The private placement memorandum is one of the key documents of a private capital fundraising. It discloses details about the company and the offering itself. It covers such aspects as company overview, deal terms, risks, uses of proceeds, and the legal structure of the offering. For company management, fund managers, RE sponsors, and private market issuers, it may be viewed as a structured presentation of the investment opportunity. For investors, it may be considered a risk map. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), private placements offer a limited number of disclosures compared to registered offerings; therefore, investors should examine all the information before making investments. The good PPM cannot guarantee successful funding; however, it can make it easier by providing gre...

How a PE Fund Reduced Modeling Costs by 40% Using Outsourcing

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How a PE Fund Reduced Modeling Costs by 40% Using Outsourcing By: Nitin Kumar  July 1, 2026 Share:        The contemporary PE fund is constantly under the strain of assessing more opportunities, refreshing its valuation framework more quickly, and meeting higher demands from investors while maintaining the same level of fixed costs. This issue has been accentuated in recent years due to the reduced pace of fundraising activity and improved operational efficiency becoming an even larger point of differentiation. Under these circumstances, it became clear that outsourcing could serve as a useful tool for any PE fund looking to expand its analytical capabilities without jeopardizing margins. In a typical example, a particular PE fund was able to optimize its modeling process through the delegation of ongoing support for valuations, portfolio management, and presentations to an overseas unit, which allowed it to achieve a 40% reduction in modeling expenses, a 25% d...