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Market ViewsNovember 2026

Market Views

November 20266 min read

Open private raises: $129.8 billion still unraised.

Of 951 private offerings of $50 million or more still open, most report little or nothing sold. A look at how much remains, and for how long.

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Market ViewsForm D analysis

Open private raises: $129.8 billion still unraised.

Inaya AdvisoryNovember 20266 min read

Across Form D filings made in the twelve months to July 2026, 951 private offerings of $50 million or more remain open. Together they sought $149.3 billion. On the most recent filings, $129.8 billion of that is still to be raised.

951Open offerings of
$50 million or more
$149.3bnSought in total
$129.8bnStill unraised

01 · ProgressHow much has been sold

Most of these raises have made little progress on paper. 567 of the 951 reported nothing sold on their latest filing. A further 253 had sold less than a quarter of their target. Only 46 had sold more than half.

Figure 1

Six in ten open raises have reported nothing sold

The 951 open offerings of $50 million or more, by share of target sold. Number of offerings and share of the 951.

567 of the 951 offerings reported no sales at all on their most recent Form D.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings, twelve months to July 2026. Inaya Advisory analysis.

Figure 2

Most of the money sought has not yet been raised

Total sought by the 951 open offerings, and the part still to be raised. US dollars.

On their most recent filings, $129.8 billion of the $149.3 billion sought is still to be raised.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings, twelve months to July 2026. Inaya Advisory analysis.

02 · DurationTime in market

Time alone does not close a raise. 470 of these offerings have been open for six months or longer, and 414 of those have sold less than a quarter of their target.

Figure 3

Most raises open six months or longer have sold under a quarter

Open offerings by time in market. Number of offerings and share of the 951.

414 of the 470 offerings open six months or longer have sold less than a quarter of their target.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings, twelve months to July 2026. Inaya Advisory analysis.

03 · SectorBy industry

The pattern is broad. Among the 951, real estate accounts for 440 offerings and investing for 233. Technology and health care together account for 69.

Figure 4

Real estate accounts for nearly half of open raises

The 951 open offerings by industry group. Number of offerings and share of the 951.

440 of the 951 open offerings are in real estate, the largest group by a wide margin.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings, twelve months to July 2026. Inaya Advisory analysis.

Amounts are as reported on each issuer's most recent Form D. Issuers are not required to amend a Form D for every sale, so reported figures can lag what has been raised.

04 · PerspectiveOur view

The filings do not say why any single raise has not closed. In our experience, the raises that do close tend to have four things in place.

01

Materials that answer the committee

An investment committee comes to a raise with a familiar set of questions. Materials that answer them before the first meeting allow that meeting to be spent on the decision rather than on the basics.

02

A considered sequence

The order in which allocators see a raise shapes how the market reads it. A raise shown to everyone at once reads differently from one introduced in a deliberate order, to the right allocators first.

03

An introduction from someone known

Allocators give their time to people they know. An introduction from someone the allocator already knows is read and answered in a way that an unsolicited approach rarely is.

04

Follow-through to terms

Interest is not a commitment. Diligence requests, follow-up questions and the commitment conversations need to be carried through, without gaps, until terms are agreed.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings, twelve months to July 2026, Inaya Advisory analysis. For information only. Nothing here constitutes an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security.

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EducationThe mandate

How a capital raise runs, from first conversation to investor relations.

Inaya AdvisoryNovember 20265 min read

A raise runs in a set order. Most of the work that decides it happens before any investor sees the materials, and the relationships it opens continue after the capital is in.

Below are the eight stages of a mandate as we run it, from the first conversation through to investor relations after the close.

Before the market

1

The First Conversation

30 Minutes

A conversation with our Client Advisor about what you are raising and the timeline you are working to. You come away with a direct first read on how the raise is likely to land with allocators.

2

Senior Review

48 to 72 Hours

Our senior team works through your materials and terms. Within 48 to 72 hours you have a clear answer on whether we would take the mandate, and what we would change before any investor sees it.

3

Positioning

Before Outreach

We shape the materials and the terms around the questions an investment committee asks before it commits, so your mandate is defensible on every point before it reaches a single allocator.

In the market

4

Our Network

First

The raise goes first to the pension funds, family offices, endowments and institutions we work with across the United States, Europe and the Gulf, in the order most likely to bring early commitments.

5

Meetings and Diligence

Alongside You

We prepare every investor meeting with you and attend the ones that decide the outcome. Diligence questions are handled as they arrive, so momentum holds from the first meeting to the commitment.

6

Terms and Close

To Close

We stay in the conversations that decide the commitment, from the first indications of interest through to final terms and side letters, until the capital is committed and the raise is closed.

7

Wider Reach

Only If Needed

Where our network does not cover the full raise, we extend it to further investors selected for the fund, with an approach written for each of them and the same preparation behind every meeting.

After the close

8

Investor Relations

After Close

Once the capital is in, we keep the relationships we opened working for you through regular contact on your behalf, so your next raise starts with investors who already know you and how you deliver.

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EducationAllocators

What an investment committee asks before it commits.

Inaya AdvisoryNovember 20264 min read

An institutional allocator does not commit on a meeting alone. Before a fund reaches its investment committee, the staff presenting it will need answers to a familiar set of questions.

The order and the emphasis vary from one allocator to the next. The questions themselves change very little. These are six that come up in most committee reviews of a fund manager.

01

Team and continuity

Who makes the decisions, and will they still be here?

Committees look at who sits on the investment committee of the manager, how long the senior team has worked together, and who owns the management company. They read key person provisions closely, and they ask how carried interest is shared, since that tends to decide whether a team stays together for the life of the fund.

02

Track record and attribution

What has been achieved, and by whom?

Allocators separate realised results from unrealised marks and ask for deal-level data alongside fund totals. They then ask which of the people now in the room were responsible for each result. A record built by a team that has since changed is weighed accordingly.

03

Strategy and edge

Why this strategy, why this team, and why now?

The committee wants to understand where the deals come from and why the manager can win them at a sensible price. It also checks that past investments match the strategy now being described. Drift between the two raises questions that are difficult to answer late in a process.

04

Fund terms and alignment

Do the terms put the manager and the investor on the same side?

Management fees, carried interest, the hurdle and the commitment of the general partner are compared against the market for that strategy. Fund size is tested against the opportunity, and governance, including the role of an advisory committee, is read for how conflicts will be handled.

05

Pipeline

What will the capital be invested in first?

Allocators ask to see the transactions the manager expects to complete in the early part of the investment period, and how far along they are. A credible pipeline shows that the strategy can be deployed at the pace the fund terms assume.

06

Operations and reporting

Will the fund be run and reported to institutional standard?

Operational diligence covers the administrator, the auditor, the valuation policy, compliance and cyber security. Committees also ask what investors will receive, how often, and in what format, since reporting is how the relationship is conducted once the capital is committed.

For information only. The questions above reflect general practice among institutional investors and vary between allocators. Nothing here constitutes an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security.

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EducationRegulation D

Reading a Form D.

Inaya AdvisoryNovember 20264 min read

Private funds and companies raising capital in the United States commonly rely on Regulation D. The public record of those raises is a short notice filed with the SEC, known as Form D.

01What it is

Form D is a notice of an exempt offering of securities. An issuer relying on Regulation D files it with the Securities and Exchange Commission through EDGAR, where it is published and can be read by anyone. As a notice, it carries far less information than a registration statement or a prospectus, and the SEC does not review or approve the offering it describes.

02When it is filed

15
Days

A Form D is due within 15 days after the first sale of securities in the offering.

The first sale is generally taken as the date on which the first investor is irrevocably committed to invest. Where an offering continues for more than a year, the issuer files an annual amendment. Amendments are also filed to correct a material mistake and to reflect certain changes in the information previously given.

03What it shows

The form is brief. The parts most read are these.

The issuer

Name, place of organisation, address, industry group and the people related to it, such as executive officers and directors.

Amount sought

The total offering amount the issuer intends to raise. It may also be reported as indefinite.

Amount sold

The amount sold to date as at the filing, with the amount that remains to be sold and the number of investors.

Open or closed

Whether the offering is expected to last more than one year, and, through later amendments, whether it is still continuing.

04Its limits

Figures can lag. The amount sold is the figure at the date of the filing. It is not updated as each investor commits.

Not every sale triggers an amendment. A change in the amount sold or in the number of investors does not, on its own, require a new filing, so a raise can be further along than its last Form D suggests.

It is a notice. The form says nothing about the terms of the offering, the identity of the investors, or why a raise has or has not progressed.

Source: SEC, Regulation D and Form D. For information only. This is a general summary and not legal advice. Nothing here constitutes an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security.

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