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Research, market views, and lessons from the field — written by the investors and operators who live them.

Patient capital in volatile markets

Why patient capital outperforms in volatile markets

Volatility punishes the impatient. We explain the behavioral and structural reasons that long-horizon investors capture returns others leave on the table — and how we build that discipline into our process.

From position sizing to governance to the simple refusal to sell quality at a discount, the edge of patient capital compounds quietly. In this note, our investment committee shares the framework we return to whenever markets test our resolve.

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AI infrastructure

The AI infrastructure thesis we are underwriting in 2026

Where durable value is forming across the applied-AI and compute stack — and where we think the hype outruns the economics.

Portfolio construction

Portfolio construction for the next decade of private markets

Balancing concentration and diversification when liquidity is scarce and dispersion between winners and losers is widening.

Energy transition

The energy transition is a real-asset opportunity

Why we believe distributed energy and storage offer some of the most attractive risk-adjusted returns of the decade.

Founder partnership

What founders should ask their investors before signing

The questions that reveal whether an investor will be a true partner — or simply a line on the cap table.

Private equity value creation

Operational value creation in the lower-middle market

How a disciplined buy-and-build playbook turns good companies into category leaders.

2026 outlook

Our 2026 outlook: discipline over momentum

Five convictions shaping how we deploy capital across strategies in the year ahead.

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