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What private equity task are you trying to complete?

Calculate a return, work through a deal decision, understand fund mechanics, or check the evidence behind a research claim. Choose a tool below.

Choose the tool by the work you need to do.

SYS-01All workflows live

I need to calculate or compare a return.

Private Equity Returns Lab

5 canonical calculator engines and 6 method- or agreement-controlled workbenchesOpen tool
SYS-02Live educational framework

I need to decide whether a deal should advance.

Private Equity Deal Judgment Library

Three working papers: 9 screening gates, 9 finding dispositions and an IC handoffOpen tool
SYS-03Live educational reference

I need to understand the fund behind the deal.

Private Equity Fund Mechanics Atlas

3 working modules across structure, economics and the fund clockOpen tool
SYS-047 reviewed records live

I need to know whether a research claim is defensible.

Private Equity Evidence Atlas

7 public evidence records with source, method and currentness boundariesOpen tool
Tool coverage and availability
Connected systems
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Calculator engines
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Advanced workbenches
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Public evidence records
7
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What each tool handles and where it stops

SystemStatus and boundaryOwnsControlling boundary
Private Equity Returns LabMethod or governing document required for questions without one shared formulaReturn calculations, scenario setup and explicit method boundariesCash-flow dates, selected method, entered agreement terms and disclosed assumptionsPrivate Equity Deal Judgment LibraryA transparent UpLevered framework, not a universal underwriting standardScreen-out logic, finding disposition and the decision handed to ICFund mandate, decision authority, controlling evidence and documented dissentPrivate Equity Fund Mechanics AtlasFoundational structure only; current terms stay in the governing documentsFund entities, cash flow, waterfall order and deployment-pressure checksThe actual LPA, side letters, approvals and qualified legal or tax advicePrivate Equity Evidence AtlasAdditional research records stay private until their own source review is completeCross-source support, conflict, scope, dependency and verification statusPrimary-source methods, observation dates, jurisdictions and publication rights

How to use the tools together

  1. 01
    Screen the opportunity.

    Deal Judgment identifies the gate, unresolved evidence and authorized next decision.

    Deal Judgment
  2. 02
    Calculate the economics.

    Returns Lab applies the selected method to disclosed inputs and keeps agreement-dependent questions explicit.

    Returns Lab
  3. 03
    Check the fund context.

    Fund Mechanics separates the deal from vehicle economics, governing terms and fund-clock incentives.

    Fund Mechanics
  4. 04
    Test the claim.

    Evidence Atlas shows whether a teaching point is supported, qualified, method-dependent or historical only.

    Evidence Atlas
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