Fund Fanatics
Fund Fanatics
Podcast Description
Fund Fanatics is a video podcast featuring in-depth discussions with industry leaders in the private markets, with each episode highlighting the unique passions and perspectives of its featured guest. Through these insightful yet entertaining conversations, Fund Fanatics hosts Scott Aleali and Jeff Maier aim to cultivate added connectivity across the private equity, venture capital and private market communities — while keeping the “fun” at the forefront of fund finance.
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The podcast focuses on private markets including private equity, venture capital, and real estate with episodes that explore industry evolution, investment strategies, and market trends. Specific episodes feature topics like the role of the CFO, real estate investments transitioning from office spaces to flex industrial, and the nuances of fundraising in private markets.

Fund Fanatics is a video podcast featuring in-depth discussions with industry leaders in the private markets, with each episode highlighting the unique passions and perspectives of its featured guest. Through these insightful yet entertaining conversations, Fund Fanatics hosts Scott Aleali and Jeff Maier aim to cultivate added connectivity across the private equity, venture capital and private market communities — while keeping the “fun” at the forefront of fund finance.
In this episode of Fund Fanatics, Jeff Maier and Scott Aleali team up with Matt Allard, Founder and Managing Partner of Case Study Capital Partners, for a lively dive into launching a new independent sponsor platform, the meaning behind the Case Study name and what he’s hearing from nearly 90 LP conversations in today’s unpredictable fundraising world.
Matt shares why the lower middle market is buzzing, how servant leadership shaped his boardroom style and what it’s really like to build a firm when you’re simultaneously the cook, cleaner and waiter. And of course, Michigan pride is on full display as Matt dishes on his family’s maize-and-blue legacy and offers up a must-hit Ann Arbor experience. Go blue!

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