A search fund accelerator for the public good

A better search.

You’re about to do the best work of your career. Let us pay you to do it.

Entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) is the taking over of an existing business and leading it into its next chapter.

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Keeping a good business alive is a public good.

A generation of owners is retiring. Every year, hundreds of thousands of good businesses with real customers are closing because nobody is ready to take over.

The entrepreneurs who take them into the next generation are doing their community a service,
which is why their community should help them do it.

For entrepreneurs who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty

Grow the hard-working backbone of the economy

  • Local businesses
  • Retiring owners
  • Vetted financials
  • Glass fabrication 14 employees · €2.5M revenue
  • Auto parts supplier 22 employees · €6M revenue
  • Graffiti removal 9 employees · €1M revenue
  • HVAC installer 31 employees · €5M revenue
  • Industrial bakery 40 employees · €6M revenue
  • Sign maker 6 employees · €800k revenue
  • Boatyard 12 employees · €2M revenue
  • Bicycle frame builder 5 employees · €600k revenue

Illustrative examples. Profitable businesses like these typically sell for 2–4× their yearly profit.

Why reinvent the wheel?

Let’s get you to the part that matters most: the turnaround.

01

Bootcamp

Get paid to learn the skills you’ll need most, from past searchers and expert coaches.

02

Vetted businesses

We introduce you to owners who are ready to sell. The deal is still yours to make, and our sourcing and diligence saves you months.

03

Salary from day 1

A competitive salary through your first year in charge, plus an uncapped share of the value you add, leading to acquisition.

04

Your cohort

Searchers in your region going through it with you, and the option to partner up and co-lead a business.

Classic search
  1. MBA
  2. Raise a search fund
  3. Search for 12–24 months
  4. Win over an owner
  5. LOI
  6. Raise again and close
  7. Turnaround
With us
  1. Training
  2. Vetted business
  3. Turnaround

The world needs more great managers

The economy is changing fast. Don’t these people deserve to be brought along?

  1. FirstGet the business to steady, positive cash flow.
  2. ThenBe the best boss these people ever had, and make it a great (and profitable) place to work.

A path to ownership

Private equity has been buying these businesses for years

Become the owner by working for it.

Take home the value you generate, and chart a path to taking over the business completely. Build wealth for yourself and your community, no strings attached.

This is succession for the public good.

35.1%

Yearly return (IRR) on the asset class since 1984

4.5×

Return on invested capital over the same period

Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2024 Search Fund Study. US and Canadian search funds.

Take over the business you brought to new heights. No up-front capital required.

We help you raise the outside capital to buy the business outright and keep its legacy intact. Your buy price is set from the start, so you see the kind of returns normally reserved for private equity.

Why Search when you could Turnaround?

Coming soon to a region near you.