Anybody Work w/ Benchmark Int'l?

April 04, 2025
by a searcher from Arizona State University in Boston, MA, USA
Hey All,
We want to pursue a deal at Benchmark, but I have never gotten too far with them on other deals.
As an independent sponsor/self-funded searcher, we go through our own capital-raising process once we have a deal under LOI. They are telling me that when I bring somebody to the table, they (Benchmark and client) have to approve our co-investors and have the investors sign the Benchmark NDA instead of our own. Furthermore, they don't want us to send out our own materials with our thesis.
There are many issues that I see with this. I wanted to see if anybody else had a similar experience. Am I missing something?
from Boston College in Boston, MA, USA
from University of Notre Dame in Cambridge, MA, USA