Welcome! This guide walks you through every part of the Private Equity Fund OS — what each database does, how they connect, and the day-to-day workflows for running your fund. Read it once top to bottom, then keep it as a reference.

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1. What's inside

The system is built on 9 interconnected databases. Every record links to related records, so you can navigate from a fund to its LPs, from a deal to its capital activity, and from a company to its valuations — without duplicate data entry.

Database	What it holds	Key connections
Deals	Your pipeline and portfolio investments, from sourcing to exit	Fund, Portfolio Company, Capital Activity, Valuations
Funds	Each fund vehicle with strategy, vintage, and target size	Deals, Investors, Capital Activity
Investors (LPs)	Limited partners, commitments, KYC, and follow-ups	Funds, Capital Activity, Contacts
Capital Activity	Every money movement: commitments, capital calls, investments, distributions, fees	Fund, Investor, Deal
Valuations	Quarterly (or ad-hoc) fair value marks per deal	Deal, Documents
Portfolio Companies	Operating data for companies you own: revenue, EBITDA, health	Deals, Contacts, Tasks
Tasks	To-dos across the firm with priority, assignee, and due dates	Deal, Fund, Investor, Company
Documents	LPAs, term sheets, IC memos, DD reports, quarterly reports	Every database
Contacts & Firms	Advisors, bankers, lawyers, and key people with ratings	Deals, Investors, Companies

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No manual math. Metrics like Total Committed, Dry Powder, MOIC, Unfunded Commitment, and EBITDA Margin are computed automatically by formulas from linked records. Just keep the relations filled in and the numbers stay correct.

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2. Getting started (15 minutes)

Create your fund. Open Funds and add a new entry — the Fund Template loads automatically with sections for strategy, key terms, and linked views of its deals, LPs, and capital activity.
Add your LPs. In Investors (LPs), create one row per investor. Link each LP to your fund, set their Status and KYC Status, and log their commitment in Capital Activity (Type: Commitment).
Load your pipeline. Add current opportunities in Deals and set the correct Stage. Link each deal to its Fund, and to a Portfolio Companies once it's real.
Log money movements. Every call, investment, distribution, or fee is one row in Capital Activity — always linked to its Fund, and to the Investor or Deal it belongs to.
Delete the sample data. The template ships with example funds, deals, LPs, and payments so you can see how everything connects. Once you understand the flow, select and delete the sample rows in each database.

3. Core workflows

Manage the deal pipeline

New opportunity → add to Deals at Stage Sourcing. The Deal Template gives you an investment thesis section, DD checklist, and linked tables for capital activity, valuations, tasks, and documents — all pre-filtered to that deal.
Move deals across the Pipeline board view as they progress: Sourcing → Screening → Due Diligence → IC Review → Term Sheet → Closing → Active - Portfolio.
Set a Target Close Date — deals within 30 days appear automatically in the dashboard's Deals Closing Soon table, and the Closing Alert formula flags urgency.
When you invest, log a Capital Activity row (Type: Investment, Direction: Out) linked to the deal. Equity Invested and MOIC update automatically.
On exit, log Exit Proceeds (Direction: In), set the Exit Date, and move the Stage to Exited.

Run fundraising & LP relations

Track prospective LPs in the Fundraising Pipeline view of Investors (LPs).