For anyone interested in intersection between search and employee ownership

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May 03, 2026

by a searcher from University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business in Oakland, CA, USA

Sharing a webinar we hosted on the intersection between search and broad-based employee ownership: https://ownershipcapitallab.capital/learn/eo-fund-spotlights/independent-sponsors-searchers-new-pathways-for-employee-ownership-capital/ 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.
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from Harvard University in Boston, MA, USA
Big fan of the topic! (I'm deploying a broad based employee ownership strategy with my traditional search fund: https://searchfundsnews.com/alpine-vistas-capital-launches-first-employee-ownership-focused-traditional-sf/) Let's meet and chat some more about the topic? I also do research at HBS on the topic of employee ownership: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=67192
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