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...to unlocking the fundraising flows and really getting the flywheel going back to what we might call a normative level in the buyout industry. So that covers two of our three themes, recovery and continuing challenges. The third theme is winning the f
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...fundraising process. And at those stages, I will talk a little bit about how each element differs according to the round you're raising. Now first off, for 99% of fundraisers, it is a game of shots on goal. You need to have enough investors in the pi
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It's super easy to do. That should reveal a lot to you about how this investor behaves in tough times. I also find it's really important to be very vulnerable in this process. Talk about ambitions, inspirations, fears, childhood traumas. My mother ha
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...was down by almost 25% in 2024 from 2023. And another fact that's really remarkable to me is that we saw declining numbers of buyout funds closed for the third year in a row. Now why is that interesting? Because I have never seen that in the history
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...about fundraising given that you've had to do it as a firm on a constant basis? I think most humans go from formal to fear. And one of the traps of our industry is you can only fundraise when things are very expensive because that's when everyone's o
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How do they keep the LPs patient? They do it through impeccable communication and milestones, regular updates, clear cash flow cadences, and visible progress on their deals. You can shorten the time, but you can shorten uncertainty. Every clear updat
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It really has two halves, the trust and the transaction. See, together, they form the fundraise formula. And when you understand both, you can diagnose exactly why your raise is stalling and what lever to pull to get capital moving back to you better
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...in 2025 for the balance of the year as a result. Second quarter was lower than the first. Third quarter is going to shape up to be challenging as well, and we'll see where we get to when it comes time for the the fourth quarter. So as I mentioned ear
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...is harder. Fundraising is incredibly difficult right now in the marketplace. We've talked about DPI being low. We've talked about the percentage of NAV being returned annually being low and having been low over the last several years. The reality of
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...for fundraising from founders. You've got the founders who provide lots of updates and kind of give you the invest in lines, not dots type model where they keep you updated and the progress is really good. And so, eventually, it leads to a conversati
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...that fundraising is something that doesn't have the social status that maybe dealmakers have accorded themselves. In other words, if you look at the totem pole of people in the private equity world or in the investment world, people generally don't s
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...types of fundraising. One is for philanthropic, one is for political campaigns, and one is for business. I'd say the easiest is probably political because in many ways, it's a smaller amount of money typically until they change the laws a bit, but it
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