The investor’s playbook: spotting the next great Search Fund leader. Myth or reality? How to become the next Search Fund leader? Is it possible to know which Search Fund is going to be successful? The answer is quite simple: it’s not possible. If investors could predict... Alfonso Osorio Núñez-Lagos, Investment Director at ONEtoONE [...]
What do investors value in a Searcher? A search fund is an entrepreneurial path undertaken by one or two individuals, the “searchers”, who form an investment vehicle with a small group of aligned investors, some of whom become mentors, in order to search for, acquire, and lead a privately held [...]
The Search Fund life cycle In recent years, Search Funds have experienced a surge in popularity, it is hard to overlook the successful results they have generated. There have been an impressive number of Search Funds raised, acquisitions made, and new investors have been appearing continuously. Table of contents: [...]
How to identify if a searcher is going to be successful? Written by Alfonso Osorio Investment Director ONEtoONE Asset Management The answer is quite simple. It is not possible to know if a searcher is going to be successful or not. If all investors knew [...]
Put a Searcher in your Business Many ageing baby boomers would like to find a young executive with MBA, languages and very well prepared, as young as they were when they founded their company, willing to take the reins of their company and take it to the next dimension. According [...]
Keys to Search Fund performance This article explains the four keys to Search Fund performance and to such impressive returns for the investor. No other asset generates such a high return with moderate risk. It is due to the participation of four players, which have been fundamental to obtain average [...]
5 bubbles and 1 opportunity The Economy and financial markets have been fueled by the gasoline of cheap credit and the oil of financial engineering. Ultra-low interest rates have boosted corporate profits (by reducing financing costs), boosted household consumption and allowed governments to over-indebt and increase spending. The sum of the increase [...]
The Searcher: the triathlete in the corporate world What is a Search company? A Search company is when a young professional, between 30 and 45 years old, with solid training, professional experience, and an entrepreneurial vocation, convinces a dozen investors to finance his search costs to find a healthy, cash generative SME in [...]
The astonishing profitability of Search Funds For some years now, we have been witnessing an increase in the popularity of Search Funds promoted by professionals (Searchers), between 30 and 40 years old, with great potential and entrepreneurial mentality, to search, buy, operate and sell a few years later an SME. These are young [...]
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