healthcare.digital March 14, 2025
Exec Summary
A search fund is an investment vehicle designed to support an entrepreneur (or a small team of entrepreneurs) in identifying, acquiring, and managing an existing private company, typically a small to medium-sized business.
It’s a unique model often used by aspiring business owners, usually younger professionals, such as recent MBA graduates, who lack the capital or experience to buy a company outright but have the ambition and skills to run one. The concept originated in the 1980s at Stanford University and has since grown into a recognised path for entrepreneurial acquisition.
Search funds remain a growing model, particularly in sectors like healthcare cybersecurity, where small, profitable firms (e.g niche MSSPs or compliance consultancies) align with the acquisition criteria....
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