Firm
A capital architecture firm.
RAW Capital Raise works with sponsors, funds and family offices on the structure and operations behind private capital. Based in McKinney, Texas, serving Dallas-Fort Worth and qualified clients nationwide.
Most private capital teams are excellent at the asset and improvised at the capital function. The model lives in one spreadsheet, the investor list in another, the reporting in an inbox. It holds until volume increases, and then it does not.
RAW Capital Raise builds that function deliberately. We design the structure, build the materials and model, stand up the pipeline and reporting, then operate the cadence long enough for it to become normal for your team. Everything is written down, and everything transfers.
We work on a defined scope with named deliverables. We do not present a track record, endorsement or performance figure that has not been substantiated, and we do not provide legal, tax, accounting or brokerage services.
Founder
Felipe Soares
Founder, RAW Capital Raise
Felipe Soares is the founder of RAW Capital Raise. He is a real estate operator, fund manager and speaker based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, with roughly eighteen years of professional experience across real estate investment, acquisitions and private capital.
Born in Brazil, he built his career in Texas from the ground up, working through distressed and cash-flowing residential and commercial assets before moving into fund management. He founded RAW REI Network, a Texas real estate operating company, and serves as fund manager of RAW Capital Fund, a Texas-focused hybrid fund for accredited investors.
His work at RAW Capital Raise focuses on the operating side of private capital: underwriting discipline, acquisition mandates, investor relations process, fund readiness and the systems that carry a raise through to execution. He writes here about what those systems look like when they hold up, and where they usually break.
Who we work with
Fit is specific.
- Sponsors moving from deal-by-deal capital to a repeatable program
- First-time and emerging fund managers preparing for institutional diligence
- Family offices formalizing screening, governance and committee process
- Operators who need capital leadership without a full-time executive hire
Start with a capital architecture session.
A working session to map your capital structure, investor pipeline and the operating gaps between them.