2022 Stanford Search Fund Study released this afternoon - 7/15/22

July 15, 2022

by a searcher from Texas A&M University - Mays Business School in Houston, TX, USA

2022 Stanford Search Fund Study released this afternoon -- https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/2022-search-fund-study-selected-observations

Overview -
The 2022 Search Fund Study reports on the financial returns and key qualities of search funds formed in the United States and Canada since###-###-#### This report updates the previous 2020 study with data through December 31, 2021.

Learning Objective - This study provides data to support the search fund community including current searchers, CEOs, investors and entrepreneurs evaluating whether they want to pursue a search fund.

Reply by an intermediary
from Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, USA

Thanks for sharing! A key finding: “A deep industry focus also remains the preferred approach, with 59% of searchers preferring an industry-focused search to a broad, opportunistic approach. The increase in focused searches partially accounts for a decrease in the median number of companies examined by searches at a high level, from 285 in the 2020 study to 200 for the 2022 study. Industries.“ I continue to believe that an industry-focused search with a large but specific geographic focus will lead to referral connections and network effects that will increase the probability of making an acquisition as well as the likelihood of successful operation post-acquisition. .

Reply by a searcher
from Texas A&M University in Calgary, AB, Canada

Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated

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