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Launch a Fund in 2025 Without Wall Street Experience

The Fund Academy teaches emerging managers everything they need to know to start a fund.

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Trusted By Clients Managing $4.8B AUM***
200+ Videos
4,500+ Members
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Fund Academy Course
$4,997
Industry Specific Courses
$800
Insiders Mastermind
$582
NEW* Excel Vault
$10,000
LPA and PPM Templates
$5,987
Doing your first deal course
$197
Pitch Deck Templates
$2,975
Bonus: Partnership Discounts
$1,000
Bonus: Live Flip Course Access
$1,997
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The Most Detailed Fund Course Ever

Program Overview

The Fund Academy is the ultimate course for launching your own fund. Get access to an incredible HERO TEAM of Fund Manager coaches in addition to 220+ training videos, LPA/PPM legal doc templates, 100+ hours of content, pitch deck examples, excel workbooks, excel models, and more.

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100+ Hours of Content Available Anywhere

Trusted By Clients Managing $4.8B AUM***

4.7 Stars (500 reviews)

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Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced

$20,000 in Extra Resources

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The Fund Academy includes four main modules and 12 supporting modules, each of which help walk you through the fund launch formula, a tried and tested framework for launching successful funds. Explore the videos in the main modules below!

1. Find The Deal
2. Frame The Deal
3. Raising Capital
4. Compliance & Regulations

Facing Losses: What If I Lose Money?

What happens if I lose money? Bridger goes into the nuances of investment risk and managing money.

10 min

Which Market are you Targeting?

Explore the pros and cons of the various markets you can target for your investment strategy.

6 min

Strategic Thinking: Blue Ocean vs. Red Ocean

Bridger delves into red and blue ocean strategy and how it relates to market positioning.

7 min

Blue Ocean Strategy for Fund Creation

Bridger applies red vs. blue ocean strategy to fund creation in public and private asset classes.

8 min

Unlock Uncontested Growth: Create Your Blue Ocean

Discover the strategies for unlocking growth for your fund in a competitive market.

7 min

Waterfall Structure

Discover how fund managers get paid and the different structures that are commonly used.

12 min

High Watermark: What It Means for Your Fund

Explore the details of fund fee structure and how returns are split between managers and investors.

6 min

GP/LP vs. LLC: Structural Differences

Learn the differences between GP/LP and LLC structures with Bridger and John.

15 min

GP/LP Structure: Ensuring Your Protection

Bridger and John Pennington explain why the GP/LP structure is advantageous.

6 min

Regulation D Fund Types

Delve into Regulation D fund types and how the various structures differ.

10 min

Exploring 3c1, 3c5, and 3c7

Learn the 3c1, 3c5, and 3c7 structures in the regulation D landscape.

10 min

Debt vs. Equity Investors: Key Differences

Understand the key differences between debt and equity investors when raising capital for your fund.

5 min

The Role of Anchor Investors

Birdger explains the role of anchor investors in raising capital.

3 min

Top 5 Investor Questions for First-Time Funds

Learn how to answer the top five investor questions for first-time funds.

12 min

Networking Made Easy: The Power of Publishing

Learn how publishing can make netowrking easy as you raise capital.

9 min

Earning vs. Buying Investor Access

Learn the differences between earning and buying investor access.

8 min

Navigating the Investor Funnel

Discover how to navigate the investor funnel within the capital raising step of the fund launch formula.

7 min

Partnering with Licensed Professionals: Guidelines

John and Bridger Pennington explain the guidelines behind partnering with licensed professionals.

2 min

What is a Fund of Funds?

Bridger explains the legal and structural framework behind a fund of funds.

14 min

Advanced Comparison: Onshore vs. Offshore Funds

Learn from John and Bridger the differences between onshore and offshore funds.

9 min

Advanced Strategies: Parallel Funds

Gain a thorough understanding of the legal and structural strategies behind parallel funds.

10 min

The Fund Waffle: What You Need to Know

Learn the basics of the fund waffle, a framework for organizing the individuals behind fund operations.

13 min

Understanding Fund Insurance

Birdger delves into the specifics of fund insurance.

8 min

Included Mini-Courses

The Fund Academy's supporting modules build on the Fund Launch Formula's essential concepts and dive deeper into more specific topics. Hover on each module below for a description of its content.

How to Manage Your Fund

How to Find a Domain, Build a Website, Run Ads and Further Expand Your Reach as a Fund Manager

Learn from a World-Class Fund Accountant

Our All-Intensive Hedge Fund Course

Our All-Intensive P.E. & S.B.A. Fund Course

Our All-Intensive Forex & Futures Course

Our All-Intensive Venture Capital Course

Our All-Intensive Real Estate Fund Course

Our All-Intensive Crypto Funds Course

Learn How to Make Your First Deal Successful

Our All-Intensive Hedge Fund Incubator Course

Our All-Intensive Reg A, A+, and CF (Crowdfunding) Course

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Meet Your Mentor

CO-Founder of fund launch

Bridger Pennington

Bridger Pennington started his first fund when he was 22 years old. He has helped new fund managers launch over 200 funds with a combined AUM of over $4.8 Billion. His goal is to help new fund managers learn how to launch their own investment funds.

What The Public Thinks

"I saw your course, bought it, took the full course over the weekend. I have been listening to some portions several times. On Monday night and tuesday this week, I did a presentation based on the course. This presentation resulted in a soft commitment of 20 million and have meetings next with other investors."

Torund B.

"I feel like there's someone seeing this who is where I was 26 years ago. I've now built a multimillion dollar real estate investment firm. The fund information Bridger is giving will take us into the billion dollar realm."

Branden B.

Explore Fund Launch Reviews

Chris

"Black Card helped me kickstart my crypto hedge fund"

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Colin

"Our first fund is approaching its hard cap of $10 million!"

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Black Card Member

"DWG with $60 million AUM (all industrial)...We raised the first $3 million in one phone call..."

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Judd

"We already have $60 million AUM in industrial assets, comprising 600,000 ft^2 that we purchased over the last two years."

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Percy

"Penn Capital has done 10+ syndications in addition to the fund and owned over $220mm in multifamily."

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Christian

"I manage $309M as of now"

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Joe

"Currently, as a general partner of 200+ apartment units, I manage assets worth over $30 million."

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Logan

"I built a self funded 10M real estate portfolio"

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Amit

"We are now sitting at $3.55MM."

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*These experiences are exceptional and are not reflective of what an average customer may encounter using our program. We do not track and customers are not required to report what their experience is. Therefore, because we do not have data reflective of the average customer experience you should assume the average is ZERO and that typical customers are not able to raise any money for their fund using our program. You should not rely on these experiences to suggest what outcome you may have using our program. Further, raising capital through a fund is a method to finance your business aspirations. Raising capital does not mean your business will be successful or profitable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I get lifetime access with my purchase?

Yes. Purchasing the Fund Academy once provides lifetime access, allowing you watch all trainings and use all resources that come with the Fund Academy forever.

Does this program actually contain everything I need to start a fund?

The Fund Academy is the complete A-Z on starting a fund, put together by top experts in the fund space. It includes trainings on: finding good deals / market positioning, getting amazing partners, structuring your fund, compliance and regulation, fund documents, fund management and accounting, raising capital from private investors, and more.

Is my asset class covered?

The Fund Academy includes industry specific trainings for real estate funds, venture capital funds, private equity and SBA funds, hedge funds (& crypto), debt funds, and crowdfunding funds. These trainings cover most asset types.

How do I know it's the real deal?

The methods taught in the Fund Academy are trusted by clients managing $4.8B AUM***. This program isn't built on theory and trainings are based on what successful fund managers are doing as we go into 2025, and is continually updated to stay current.

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