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Reference no. E215
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Harold Irving Grousbeck (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Mike Harkey (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2005
Version: 23 December 2005
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial finance; Leveraged buyouts; Acquisitions
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Abstract

A search fund is a pool of capital raised to financially support the efforts of an entrepreneur, or a team of entrepreneurs, to locate a privately held company for acquisition. This study, as well as its predecessors in 1996, 1998, 2001, and 2003, portrays the aggregate profile of search funds and the entrepreneurs who formed them, and evaluates the investment returns generated by first-time search funds to their original investors. Together, these studies reflect changes in the characteristics of search fund entrepreneurs and the performance of their funds over time. This case is part of the Stanford Graduate School of Business free case collection (visit www.thecasecentre.org/stanfordfreecases for more information on the collection).
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Reference no. E386
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Harold Irving Grousbeck (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Lisa Sweeney (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Tjarko Leifer (School of Engineering, Stanford University); Aimee Leifer (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2010
Version: 21 July 2010
Length: 17 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Search fund; Search fund model; Entrepreneurship through acquisition; Pledge fund; Entrepreneurial acquisition; Searcher; Search fund principal; Search fund entrepreneur; Search fund investor
Notes: This item is part of a free case collection. For terms & conditions go to www.thecasecentre.org/freecaseterms
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Abstract

A search fund is a pool of capital raised to financially support the efforts of an entrepreneur, or a team of entrepreneurs, to locate a privately held company for acquisition. This study, as well as its predecessors in 1996, 1998, 2001, and 2003, portrays the aggregate profile of search funds and the entrepreneurs who formed them, and evaluates the investment returns generated by first-time search funds to their original investors. Together, these studies reflect changes in the characteristics of search fund entrepreneurs and the performance of their funds over time. This case is part of the Stanford Graduate School of Business free case collection (visit www.thecasecentre.org/stanfordfreecases for more information on the collection).

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Reference no. E386
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Harold Irving Grousbeck (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Lisa Sweeney (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Tjarko Leifer (School of Engineering, Stanford University); Aimee Leifer (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
Published by: Stanford Business School
Originally published in: 2010
Version: 21 July 2010
Length: 17 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Search fund; Search fund model; Entrepreneurship through acquisition; Pledge fund; Entrepreneurial acquisition; Searcher; Search fund principal; Search fund entrepreneur; Search fund investor
Notes: This item is part of a free case collection. For terms & conditions go to www.thecasecentre.org/freecaseterms
View full details