Former Marine Tanker Raising a Garbage Search Fund

Member resources:

Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

Post a question, deal, job, etc...

Make a post...

Complete registration to post.

by a searcher from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
in Sacramento, CA, USA

1h ago

SEEKING INVESTORS

3 investors interested

Former Marine Tanker Raising a Garbage Search Fund

Self Funded

United States

I'm raising a traditional search fund to acquire and personally run a founder-led business in U.S. waste & recycling. Buy-box: $1.5M–$7.5M EBITDA, founder-led, geographically open. Ideal targets carry commercial lines of business or post-collection assets (transfer, MRF, disposal). Why waste: recurring, non-discretionary revenue in a fragmented market (~21,000 operators, top three at ~65%), track record of consolidation by strategics and private equity Me: Mustang USMC veteran, UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA '19, 6 years in waste - I led a $150M hauling P&L and every line of business between Republic Services and Atlas Disposal. I previously sold an environmental services company sourced through a self-funded search, returning 3x to investors. Backed by Novastone Capital Advisors (27 acquisitions, $500M+ deployed), raising 10 units at $50K each. If you back searchers with real operating experience in an industry with proven returns, I'd like to connect - comment or DM me.

Funding: Self Funded

Regions: United States

Industries: Business Services Consumer Services Transportation Utilities

0 Likes

31 Views

reply by an intermediary 1h ago
from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Nashville, TN, USA

As a previous investor with Jay I had a very positive experience.