During my search for a wide variety of businesses, I often come across deals that I know would fit large aggregators perfectly (for example Constellation Software). While I am all for the passing of deals from one searcher to another for no fee, there are certain deals that appear to be perfect fits for these larger buyers and it would be great to take a small percentage to help fund continued search efforts.


When I worked at larger rollups we signed many finder agreements from the buy side, but it seems to me that unless I am registered as a broker-dealer, the SEC does not condone accepting success based payments.

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience on this matter?