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Private Equity Incubators Search funder Chris Hendrickson describes the early days of his experience searching for, and purchasing, a company.
Facebook, Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Although pledge funds may also be referred to as "search funds," the search fund has evolved into a more distinct investment vehicle. The search fund model originated in the Stanford and Harvard business school curricula and is usually associated with young managers seeking to acquire smaller businesses and take active management or turnaround roles.
The Deal Magazine, February 19, 2010
For investors, search funds offer the opportunity for attractive returns compared with other similar asset classes, such as venture capital or private equity.
Financial Times, Friday November 6, 2009 New US private investment Firm Black Opal Equity Launches
Based in New Jersey, Black Opal is a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has raised an initial $500,000. The firm plans to raise further capital to invest in US companies with an EBITDA of $2.5m to $20m.
AltAssets, Thursday October 29, 2009 The Secret of Search Funds
There can’t be many asset classes that boast an average IRR of 52 per cent. Search funds, in which an inexperienced entrepreneur is backed by angel investors to search for and acquire a business, have this enviable distinction. Growth Business (UK), Tuesday October 20, 2009
At Eximius 09 Prof Das NarayanDas introduced an interesting concept called search funds. It seems to be very popular in US. He was keen on bringing this concept to India.
Anil Anur, Wednesday August 19, 2009
Search Funds, Innovating Funding For Entrepreneurs
Running a business is a lifestyle that many aspire to. Attracted by the notion of increased independence, along with the chance to have greater control over their long-term career, ambitious individuals courageously turn their backs on the familiarity of full-time employment and the security... May 25, 2009, www.newto.it.com
While most people have never heard of them, search funds are attracting increasing attention as a way for small businesses to beat the usual odds of success, even in the midst of a deepening recession.
New York Entrepeneur, Tuesday March 17, 2009
While most people have never heard of them, search funds are attracting increasing attention as a way for small businesses to beat the usual odds of success, even in the middle of a deepening recession, The New York Times’s Brent Bowers writes.
The New York Times, March 12, 2009 This is a summary of notes taken at the Search Funds Conference at Stanford held on March 3rd, 2009. There were two 1-hour panel presentations, one consisting of investors and the other of search funders. The investors were Jim Edmunds (Search Fund Partners), Tim Ludwig (Ohana Capital), Jim Southern, Joel Peterson and Lew Davies...
March 4th, 2009, www.searchfunds.com
Knob Hill Partners, LLC, a search fund led by Charles Burckmyer and Scott Noll, announced today that it has held the final closing on its fund and commenced its nationwide search for a company to acquire.
Reuters Jan 12, 2009
Channelstone Capital Partners Launches Investment Firm
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