List of active search funds

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by a searcher from University of Chicago
in San Francisco, CA, USA

2yrs ago

List of active search funds

Does anyone know where to find a good list of currently active search funds?

There is a listing on this site of sorts but it seems to be hard to download and includes a lot of old listings.

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reply by an admin 2yrs ago
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Portland, OR, USA

Check out the DIRECTORY/All Searchfunds here: redacted

You can sort by date formed to get the most recent. This is all self-reported and it's pretty impossible to make sure the list is comprehensive.

Traditional & Single Sponsor searchers tend to form a company / website before launching, but that is not always the case for self-funded searchers. Many are searching part-time and need to maintain anonymity due to constraints from their employers.

reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
from University of Chicago in San Francisco, CA, USA

On nice thanks