SOS - modeling help - Equity waterfall with multiple partners?

Kind of stuck here. Tried to figure this out last night - slept on it - still can't figure it out.

I am trying to set up a waterfall with multiple JV partners. I have only ever modeled with one LP and one GP. In this case, there are five distinct GPs, each with separate promotes. One LP.

At a high level, can someone explain how this kind of waterfall works? I need to model it and turn it in today, so hopefully with a clear conceptual understanding, I can figure it out.

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I spent 10 minutes throwing this together so I am sure there are plenty of nuances missing, but it might give you a place to start. This is how I would think about an equity waterfall for a 2/20 shop. To point out one potential inconsistency, the management fees will be subtracted from the potential carry pool (which I have not done), but again, was meant more as a starting place as I don't want to sink any more time into this. Hope this helped.

Cant figure out how to add an xls file. PM if you want the doc.

 

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