Blog
Posts on real estate sponsorship and private-market capital, written under a named byline and filed by category. Every post is a standalone page with its own sources and limits.
Category
Sponsor-side capital structure, deal-level economics and the operating infrastructure behind a real estate platform.
Real Estate
How real estate sponsors assemble senior debt, mezzanine, preferred equity and common equity — and where each layer quietly takes control rights away from the sponsor.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Real Estate
What a sponsor track record has to contain to withstand institutional diligence: attribution, realisations, gross-to-net bridges, consistent methodology and honest treatment of losses.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Category
How allocators, family offices and institutional capital evaluate managers, and what that means for a first-time sponsor.
Private Markets
The difference between fractional investment leadership and fractional acquisitions leadership — mandate, decision rights, deliverables and how to tell which gap you have.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Private Markets
The four questions institutional allocators work through before committing to an emerging manager: attribution, strategy discipline, firm durability and operational integrity.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Private Markets
Family offices are not small institutions. How their decision process, horizon, reporting expectations and relationship model differ — and what sponsors should change before approaching them.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
More writing
Capital structure, fund formation, underwriting, investor relations and operating systems.
Private Capital
A decision framework for choosing between deal-by-deal syndication and a discretionary fund: control, cost, investor expectations and the operating load each structure creates.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Private Capital
A private capital program turns an ad hoc raise into a repeatable function: positioning, materials, investor pipeline, underwriting output, onboarding and reporting.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Investor Relations
How to structure an investor data room that answers diligence in order, controls sensitive material and keeps a defensible record of what was shared and when.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Acquisitions & Underwriting
How to write an acquisition mandate and buy box that a broker can act on, an analyst can screen against and a committee can enforce — including the exclusions.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Acquisitions & Underwriting
When a raise stalls, the cause is frequently in the model: unsupported assumptions, missing downside cases and returns that only work at the edges.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Fund Formation & Operations
Fund formation cost is the small number. Model the management company: recurring administration, audit, tax, compliance, staff and the gap before fee income arrives.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
AEGIS OS / AI Operations
AI cannot resolve a disagreement about what is true. Define your systems of record, ownership, definitions and cadence before layering intelligence on top.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Case Notes / Field Lessons
The method behind a RAW Capital Raise deal review: intake, structure, underwriting integrity, capital story, execution risk and a written recommendation.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
Investor Relations
The reporting cadence, capital account clarity and communication discipline that determine whether existing investors fund your next transaction.
By Felipe Soares, Founder, RAW Capital Raise · Published
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