0 Vista Partners Internship 0 1h
0 EIR Partners 0 2h
0 RX PE move to normal Buyout PE 1 14h
0 Vista Equity - CCAT Not Received 1 1d
0 How to Understand Hybrid Solutions 1 1d
+3 CPP Growth Equity 2 16h
+6 PE Recruiting: M&A vs Rx 3 49m
+12 Is it possible to get no comments as an analyst? 3 1d
0 Ardian - Interview - NA Data 3d
+3 GPA for Opportunistic Credit On-Cycle 2 1d
+9 Arcline thoughts? 7 1d
0 Blackstone Future Leaders 2 1d
+39 Those unemployed in PE 3+ months, how do you make progress every day? 14 6h
0 Credit fund buying a greenhouse tomato business for $40,000,000? 1 3d
+9 JPM PB to Institutional Capital Raising 1 4d
+12 Indian PE Landscape 2 4d
+8 Searchfund 5 3d
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Private Equity Data 5d
0 PE Portfolio Company Insurance 1 5d
0 BainCap: LBO test and case studies | prep together? 2 5d
0 StepStone Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 6d
+13 How Cooked is Software PE? 1 5d
+109 Cognitive decline 33 1d
+10 How frequent do associates & above go from IB to PE? 6 4d
+9 Kanematsu agreed to pay 49.8B yen for IDAJ, a CAE software distributor. Is distribution of engineering software a good business to own? 1 6d
+9 Sequence Holdings and the Dell family office are buying Baldwin Insurance Group at about $7.7B TEV. What does a family office add to a take-private? 2 6d
+46 PE VP: Thoughts on Quitting with Nothing Lined Up? 19 7h
+10 Firm Culture in PE 4 3d
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 1w
0 Marsh and McLennan Companies - Interview - Generalist Data 1w
+6 On-Cycle Questions 1 6d
+12 co-investment / Allocator roles WLB 4 1d
+11 LMM Startup PE Fund Vs. Tier 2 Consulting Firm 3 5d
+88 Vibe-Working in Finance with AI ? What about you 34 4d
+9 PE secondaries case study interview 1 1w
0 Bain Capital interview 2 1d
+17 Is buyside worth it if most associate programs are 2 and out? 4 1w
+3 L Squared Newport 0 1w
0 PE Internship – No Staffing, Getting Depressed 1 1w
+10 Infra PE in SG 3 1w
+12 Mitsui Chemicals is paying USD 900M for Ultradent, about 29x operating profit by my math. Is that normal for dental materials? 3 1w
+12 Thoma Bravo paid about $2.0B in cash for Olo. What makes restaurant software a good LBO candidate? 5 1w
+18 Acquisition Deal Structure: More Cash at Close vs. Smaller Equity Rollover in a Holdco 3 1w
+21 How do PE funds choose their advisors? 9 2d
0 BDC Venture Capital - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 1w
0 Cabot, Cabot & Forbes - Review - Generalist Data 1w
0 BDC Venture Capital - Review - Venture Capital Data 1w
0 Why go buyside if most associate programs are 2-and-out? 2 1w
+49 Del 26 6d
+16 StepStone - Updated Views 10 1d
+9 IC memos 6 4d
+13 Management consulting or munis? 6 1w
0 L&B Realty Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 1w
+6 Independent sponsor route while banking 1 1w
+9 Apogee paid about EUR 62.5M plus up to EUR 10M contingent for a 20-year-old Latvian glass coatings maker. How do you count the earn-out? 1 1w
0 Looking for macquarie infrastructure ( PE or private credit) modelling case 2 1w
+6 On-Cycle Timeline (AN1s)? 4 1w
+14 Bristan sold for c.£49M cash plus up to £6M earn-out on £63M revenue. How would you think about that price? 3 1w
+28 Anthropic IPO Wealth Creation 16 1d
+20 Tier 4-5 City - Go to work for micro PE? 3 1w
0 Moelis Dubai 1 1w
+6 Thoughts on Waud Capital? 2 20h
+32 How Do You Train PE Juniors When Banks Do All the Modelling? 14 1w
0 Audax PE Amplify 1 1w
+9 PE vs privates at HF 1 1w
+58 Is being an LP super chill? 30 5d
+9 What AI tools would you push your PL to adopt on a live project? 1 1w
0 Vector Capital - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 2w
0 KPS Capital Partners in 2026 0 1w
0 International Finance Corporation - Review - Power Data 2w
0 Creador - Review - Private Equity Data 2w
+41 Dealing with Cold Seniors 23 1w
+8 What’s going on at Partners Group? 4 1w
0 Warburg Pincus 2028 FT Analyst - Recruiting Timeline 4 2w
+76 First year PE analyst on medical leave after insane hours 20 4d
+13 How do you compare LMM deal prices when seller notes and earnouts are involved? 5 1w
+6 Timeline until offer letter? 1 2w
+54 Why are so many bankers exiting to tech? 24 3d
+3 WF IB 2026 exits 6 1w
+45 PE downturn- Impact on a PortCo CFO / Operating Partner 9 1w
+19 Career in PCA: GP-Led or LP-Led? 6 1w
0 Eurazeo - Salary & Bonus - Investor Relations Data 2w
0 Eurazeo - Review - Investor Relations Data 2w
+5 Portco V New Deal 3 2w
+17 PE on cycle guide 3 1w
+2 How does sourcing actually work? 2 2w
+5 Top Single Managers 2026 13 1w
0 Tikehau Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 2w
0 Tikehau Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 2w
+15 1yr M&A to FoFs/Growth Equity 1 2w
0 AB Private Credit Investors 1 1w
+62 Take the Layoff or Quit? 21 1w
+6 TA Associates Interview Process 9 1w
0 GIC directs 0 2w
0 Temasek - Interview - Private Equity Data 2w
+10 Ability to switch IB or PE after 1 year of biglaw transactional? 3 2w
0 Best PE shops in Charlotte 2 2w
+9 What Actually Moves a Stalled Acquisition Deal Forward? 1 2w
+13 Almost half of Illinois PTs in group practice now work for a platform. What's left for roll-ups? 2 2w
0 Knollwood Investment Advisory - Interview - Venture Capital Data 2w

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