Has anyone ever heard of a successful search fund / traditional PE sponsor structure? or hybrid structure?

by a searcher from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

4 years ago

Has anyone ever heard of a successful search fund / traditional PE sponsor structure? For instance, if you have two partners, one would be focused on operating a portfolio company full-time, whereas the other partner searches for additional acquisition opportunities, etc.?

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member from Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business

Hi Jonathan, I hope this helps: I know some PE firms that bring in classes of entrepreneurs and put them through a PE boot camp or accelerator teaching them tools of the trade like valuations and tools to use for deal sourcing and then help them launch their own searches with business and finance support. Take a look at Search Fund Accelerator - https://www.searchfundaccelerator.com/

4 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Universidade de São Paulo

Hi Jonathan. Interesting question, I´m also interested in this kind of structure and I also have a few questions. One Search Fund would have someone dedicated to manage the company, while the PE Structure would allow to add valued contributions at the board level.

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