Zayo Group alum | Raising seed capital | Broadband infrastructure roll-up | Southeast US
April 06, 2026
by a searcher from University of Southern California in New York, NY, USA
I'm Tim Dolan, founder of Woody Creek Partners. We're raising $650K to $750K in seed capital (seeded sponsor structure) to fund a 12-month full-time search and execution phase targeting founder-owned broadband infrastructure businesses across the Southeast.
Background: 3 years at Zayo Group running business development and government stimulus programs. Directly involved in winning over $400M in federal and state broadband grants (NTIA MM, TX BOOT, NV MM, Various State / Local Grants) from application through implementation. Our team includes structured finance experience from PwC/Pillar Advisors and institutional investment analysis from Cambridge Associates. All three of us are going full-time.
We have a defined acquisition thesis, a proprietary deal sourcing engine already generating active deal flow, and institutional capital aligned at LOI stage. This is not a day-one search.
Seed investors receive a 1.5x step-up on capital, pro-rata co-invest rights on every acquisition, and management company equity.
Happy to share our memorandum and jump on a call with anyone interested.
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from Middlebury College in New York, NY, USA