Searchfund in Switzerland or france

April 17, 2019

by a searcher from IMD in Geneva, Switzerland

Hi. Does anyone have experience with search funds in Switzerland or FRANCE? I would be keen to talk to anyone that could share their experience.
Thanks

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Reply by a searcher
from IESE Business School in Lille, France

For France, I would see it rather difficult to convince a French CEO to sell his business to a non French entrepreneur (for cultural and language question). To a French speaking Swiss or Belgian it could be possible with extra efforts though, but it would cost more efforts to convince the seller. For Switzerland I am not sure, although I would think that language and culture play a important role in building the trust between sellers and buyer sides. To be further investigated with searchers who have performed searches on two countries.

Reply by an investor
from University of Commerce Luigi Bocconi in London, UK

Hi Felipe, great to see your interest. I was the first classical search funder in Switzerland - having raised & searched in 2013 & 2014 and then bought a business in Germany eventually. I'd gladly take the time and speak to you from my experience and am very well connected in the space for further intros etc. You can reach me on redacted best & looking forward to speaking, tobias

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