How much equity do traditional searchers end up with?

by a searcher

8 months ago

How much equity (typical range) does the searcher end up within a deal?
Where you raise a Searchfund to pay yourself while you search and then have "committed" capital.
Is there any data out there on this?
I realize there can be a lot of variables, just trying to gauge the market. 
I'm guessing ~20%

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searcher from The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

would love to hear what's the output of your sample

1 month ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher

I agree it is around 20%

6 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

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