How to use the Track Record pack.
Six steps from XLSX database to audience-appropriate PPTX cuts (LP / debt-fund / lender) with case studies that hold up. Plus practitioner tips on realized-IRR conventions, hold-period math, and the quarterly refresh discipline that keeps the deck credible.
A. Six steps
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Download the Track Record pack
You receive a PPTX (the polished presentation deck for sponsor / LP / lender distribution) plus an XLSX entity database (the underlying data your deck rows pull from). Save into the sponsor file:
Track_Record_<Sponsor>_<YYYY-MM-DD>.pptx. - 2
Populate the entity database first, not the slides
Every deal row in the XLSX: Deal Name · Asset Class · Location · Year Closed · Total Capitalization · Loan Size · Equity · Hold Period · Realized IRR (if exited) · Status (active / exited / partial). Drive the slides FROM the database; do not type directly into slides. The database becomes the audit trail the next time someone asks "where did the IRR number come from?"
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Choose the right presentation cut for the audience
Three cuts in the deck: All Deals (LP-facing capital raise) · Asset-Class Specific (debt-fund pitch for a specific strategy) · Recent Closings (lender / counterparty pitch). Don't send the All-Deals version to a lender — they want recent + relevant; send the Recent Closings cut instead.
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Get the case studies right — substance, not slides
The pack includes 3 case-study slide templates per deal: at-a-glance KPIs · situation / underwriting / outcome · sponsor-section narrative. Pull at-a-glance from the database; write situation/outcome longform from the original IC memo + closing notes. Each case study takes 1-2 hours to write well. Don't rush this — the case studies are what counterparties actually read.
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Update quarterly — current state, not stale state
Set a quarterly refresh cycle. Update: Status column on every deal · Realized IRR on any exits · New closings as new rows · Active-deal commentary. A track record that's 18 months out of date does more damage than no track record — LPs assume your last 18 months of activity was bad.
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When the Sponsor Diligence Analyst ships, paste track record in as input
The Sponsor Diligence Analyst (forthcoming Q4 2026) reads a sponsor's track record as a structured input and produces credit-committee diligence output. Today the track record is the artifact you present; with the analyst, the same artifact becomes one input among several.
B. Practitioner tips
- Realized IRR conventions: report gross-of-fees and net-of-fees separately. LPs read net; lenders read gross. Pick the right one for the audience.
- Hold period: report from closing to exit, not from offering memorandum date. The offering-memo-to-exit period inflates the apparent IRR.
- Status terminology matters: "Exited" implies sold; "Realized" implies returned capital; "Active" implies still held. Don't use them interchangeably.
- Equity multiple is sometimes more honest than IRR for short-hold deals. A 2-year, 12% IRR sounds smaller than 1.25x equity multiple to some LPs.
- Sponsor section narrative for each deal should reference the SPECIFIC business plan executed (value-add renovation completed, ground-up delivered on schedule, refi accomplished). Generic statements like "executed business plan" tell readers you didn't want to write the details.
- Confidentiality: lenders care about ranges; LPs care about specifics. Anonymize counterparty names in the LP-facing version if your debt-side relationships require it.
C. Scope & limits
- Not an audited financial statement. The Track Record is a marketing document; audited returns are separate.
- Does not handle structured equity (waterfall, promote, catch-up) calculations. For waterfall economics, build separately and reference the result.
- Not for fund-vintage performance reporting (PME, TVPI, DPI, IRR vintage comparison). Those are fund-administrator outputs, not deal-level track-record entries.
- The Track Record presents history; it does not predict future performance. The deck's standard footer disclaimer should remain visible on every audience version.
D. Pairs with
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Sponsor Diligence Analyst
Agent (forthcoming Q4 2026)
Reads a sponsor's populated track record as structured input; produces credit-committee diligence output + red-flag list.
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Investor Relations Associate
Agent (forthcoming Q4 2026)
Owns the quarterly refresh cycle; coordinates with deal teams to keep status + realized IRR current.
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OM Builder
Template (available now)
The OM Sponsor section pulls from the Track Record; the Track Record holds the underlying.
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PFS / REO Builder
Template (available now)
PFS shows current sponsor state; Track Record shows historical execution. Both go to lenders together.
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Case Study Writer
Skill (forthcoming Q4 2026)
Takes a Track Record entry + the underlying IC memo; drafts a public-facing case study with confidentiality discipline.
Next step
Build the full stack around it.
This template is the work surface for a specific AI agent + skill workflow. Open the Company Builder and assemble the matching agents when they ship Q3 2026.