GPX Academy

First principles for sponsors, managers and operators raising debt and equity against real assets — what the capital stack is, how lenders and investors think, and the vocabulary you need to be taken seriously.

• 1.1What “real assets” means for capital raising
• 1.2The capital stack, explained
• 1.3How lenders think (vs investors)
• 1.4How institutional LPs allocate
• 1.5The vocabulary you need

What it actually takes to raise a real-asset fund — defining the thesis, choosing the right structure, building the documents allocators expect, setting market economics, and sequencing the raise around an anchor.

• 2.1Strategy and thesis before structure
• 2.2Choosing a structure: RAIF vs Cayman
• 2.3The core documents
• 2.4Fund economics
• 2.5The raise process and the close

Everything a sponsor needs to understand about real-asset debt — the types of facilities available, how lenders underwrite, when to choose bridge over permanent, how to build a lender shortlist that actually fits, and how to read and negotiate a term sheet.

• 3.1Types of real-asset debt
• 3.2The metrics lenders underwrite
• 3.3Bridge vs permanent
• 3.4Building a lender shortlist
• 3.5The term sheet and negotiation

The complete equity side of the raise: mapping the LP universe, preparing the DDQ and data room, navigating warm paths and gatekeepers, engineering the first close and momentum, and designing for co-investment and re-ups.

• 4.1Mapping the LP universe
• 4.2The DDQ and data room
• 4.3Warm paths, gatekeepers and consultants
• 4.4The first close and momentum
• 4.5Co-investment and re-ups

A practical walkthrough of the GPX workflow: from a single document to a scored lender and investor shortlist, how to read a match brief, running outreach while staying in control, using GPX inside your AI assistant, and a worked example.

• 5.1From one document to a credible approach
• 5.2Reading a match brief
• 5.3Running outreach, staying in control
• 5.4GPX inside your AI assistant
• 5.5Putting the manual to work