Sharing a webinar we hosted on the intersection between search and broad-based employee ownership: redacted Independent sponsors, searchers & new pathways for employee ownership capital As the field of employee ownership investing grows, independent sponsors and searchers are emerging as a scalable and increasingly important channel for EO investment. Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) — spanning traditional search funds and independent sponsor models — has grown rapidly as a pathway for acquiring and operating small and mid-sized businesses, while a growing number of closed-end EO funds are exploring partnerships with searchers as a source of aligned deal flow. This EO Fund Spotlight will examine why independent sponsors represent a compelling and under-tapped pipeline for EO transactions and how EO funds are structuring capital partnerships in this space.