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Industry briefings

Private Equity & VC

Six leadership editions

CEO edition

Your fundraising deck describes a repeatable investment process. If an LP spent a week inside your firm, would they see one? The gap between narrative and operational reality is where the next fundraise is won or lost.

9 min read
CFO edition

The fair-value mark you sign. The capital your GP deploys. The systematic edge your next fund is raised on. Three questions that look separate, but are actually one. A briefing for CFOs at mid-market European PE and VC funds.

15 min read
COO edition

Your best deal originator just left and took three live relationships. Your due diligence is the same for a software platform and a services firm. Your portfolio playbook lives in the partner who closed the deal, not the fund. Three problems that look separate, but are actually one.

13 min read
CHRO edition

Your analyst class is reading every AI tool you ship. Your principal pipeline is breaking quietly. Your next-fund LP narrative pivots on whether your edge is systematic. A briefing for Chief Human Resources Officers and Heads of People at mid-market European Private Equity and VC firms.

15 min read
CCO edition

Your proprietary deal flow is thinning. Your last DDQ ran three weeks. Your best partner is five years from the sabbatical conversation. Three problems that look separate, but are actually one. A briefing for commercial leaders at mid-market PE and VC firms.

15 min read
CPTO edition

Your fund-operations stack commoditises in eighteen months. The data underneath it compounds for the life of the fund. A briefing for Chiefs of Technology, Chiefs of Product, and Heads of Platform at mid-market European PE and VC funds.

16 min read
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