Intro: Self Funded Searcher In Dc With Startup And Ops Experiences

INTRO: SELF FUNDED SEARCHER IN DC WITH STARTUP AND OPS EXPERIENCES

Good evening search fund community,
My name is Ryan Croft, and I recently transitioned from COO to the board at my company, TransitScreen. In addition to Entrepreneur in Residence at Georgetown University, I'm searching for a small business to acquire with my wife. My wife has 15 years experience in corporate finance and accounting. We have a strong working relationships, strong business networks, and a shared passion for building strong teams and companies with sound financials. 

Before we launch our self-funded search in April, we’re looking to connect with investors and SBA lenders who complement our skill sets and would be interested in seeing deals once our sourcing is complete.
I invite potential partners to direct message me.
Fellow searchers – please feel free to reach out. I’m always interested in meeting new people. 

Thanks Steve Ressler for introducing me to this group.

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searcher Deakin University - 03/11/2021

Welcome!

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searcher Jaipur National University - 03/11/2021

Hello ^[redacted]‌, welcome to the group. Would love to connect.

admin Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management Taylor University Stanford University - Graduate School of Business - 03/11/2021

^[redacted]‌ - Sounds like you have an impressive background! Congrats on building your first company. You can find investors, intermediaries, lenders & other deal professionals under the Directory tab at the top of this page.

Tagging a few of them in the greater DC area that might be interested in connecting with you in the near term: ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]‌, ^[redacted]&

investor Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management - 03/11/2021

Welcome Ryan! And I thought DC tech was small, but I guess it's bigger than I thought; sorry we haven't met sooner. :)

My background: was co-founder/COO at Contactually (SaaS CRM for Realtors) and based in DC. Sold to Compass in[redacted]Now I'm managing a small vacation rental investment fund.

I'm pretty active in the self-funded search world and have invested in several deals recently -- with plans to do several more this year. I'd love to chat!

Book time at calendly.c

lender Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business - 03/11/2021

Hi Ryan, I am a Georgetown alumnus and would be happy to chat. Please message me for my email.

lender The University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business Loyola Marymount University London Business School - 03/11/2021

Welcome to the Searchfunder community! Looks like we're local to you. We are a DC-based financial institution funding deals using SBA and non-SBA loans. Happy to have an introductory call. Feel free to email me directly at [redacted]

searcher University of California, Santa Barbara - 03/11/2021

Hey Ryan - looks like we both found our way to this life and time in venture and transportation. When I left Transdev I started an independent sponsor and have done 4 deals since, happy to reconnect and look at investing in your deals. [redacted]

investor Michigan State University University of Chicago - 07/29/2021

Hey Ryan, I'd love to connect. I also built a business with my wife so I love that you're calling that out here. I'm searching for my second business now and also looking to invest.

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INTRO: SELF FUNDED SEARCHER IN DC WITH STARTUP AND OPS EXPERIENCES

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