Legal, Disclosures & Corrections

Last updated 25 August 2026.

Not Very Private Equity ("NVPE") is an independent publication covering private equity. This page sets out what our content is, what it is not, how we handle mistakes, and how we disclose commercial relationships.

What NVPE publishes

NVPE publishes journalism, commentary and opinion about private equity firms, funds, transactions and the industry that surrounds them. Our work draws on public filings, earnings calls and transcripts, press releases, industry data providers, and our own analysis and experience as operators.

Where we state a fact, we work from a source and we keep it. Where we draw a conclusion, express a view, make a prediction, or use humour, satire or hyperbole, that is opinion and commentary rather than a statement of fact, and should be read as such.

Nothing on this site or in our newsletter is investment advice, a research report, a solicitation, an offer, or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security, fund interest or other financial instrument. NVPE is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, law firm or accounting firm, and nothing here creates an advisory or fiduciary relationship with you.

We comment on public companies, funds and transactions. Do not treat that commentary as a basis for an investment decision. Do your own diligence and take professional advice appropriate to your circumstances.

Tools, calculators and models

NVPE publishes interactive tools, including the fee calculator, Roll-Up Radar, Company Diligencer and other items in the Toolkit. These are illustrative and educational. They rely on assumptions and on data supplied by you or by third parties, and they may contain errors. Their outputs are estimates, not valuations, appraisals, audits or advice, and no warranty is given as to their accuracy or fitness for any purpose. Do not rely on them for any transaction, negotiation, filing or investment decision.

Accuracy and corrections

We try hard to get it right, and we will not always. If you believe we have published something inaccurate, tell us and we will look at it promptly.

Email corrections@notveryprivateequity.com with the article, the specific statement at issue, what you say the correct position is, and any supporting material. Where we have made a material factual error we will correct it and note the correction on the article. Where the piece has already gone out by email, we will note the correction in a subsequent edition.

A request for a correction is not a request for removal. We do not remove accurate reporting because it is unwelcome.

Sponsorship, advertising and affiliate disclosure

NVPE takes sponsorship from a limited number of advertisers. Sponsors pay for placement and for the attention of our audience. Sponsors do not see, approve, influence or spike editorial content before publication, and paying us buys neither favourable coverage nor protection from unfavourable coverage.

Any sponsored placement, paid promotion, affiliate link or other commercial arrangement is labelled as such at or near the placement itself. Where we hold a personal or professional interest in a company we write about, we disclose it in the piece. If you see something you believe is commercial and unlabelled, tell us at corrections@notveryprivateequity.com.

Company names, trademarks and logos

NVPE is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any firm, fund or company we write about. Names, trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification and commentary only.

Comments and reader contributions

Where comments are enabled, comments are the views of the people who write them and not of NVPE. We do not pre-screen comments and we are not responsible for their content. We may remove any comment or restrict any account at our discretion, in particular where material is defamatory, harassing, unlawful, confidential or in breach of an obligation the poster owes to someone else.

Please do not post or send us material you are not free to share. That includes anything covered by a non-disclosure agreement, an employment obligation or a duty of confidence.

We link to third-party sites. We do not control them and we are not responsible for their content, accuracy or privacy practices.

Liability

NVPE content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, NVPE and its contributors accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from reliance on anything published here, including any investment, commercial or professional decision taken in reliance on it. Nothing in this page excludes any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Changes and contact

We may update this page from time to time. The date at the top shows when it last changed.

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