Established ETA funds

by a searcher from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

1 year ago

Is anyone aware of established funds who invest in ETA searchers?  Someone who's been doing it for +3 years, have strong track record, focused on quarterly cash distributions, and have investor-friendly terms?  Asking the question from the perspective of capital allocator.

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investor from University of Missouri - Columbia

Hi Paul, we are starting to really expand into this now. We have done a handful of deals with searchers, but have largely been more focused on typical PE buy and builds. That said, we certainly have the experience having done close to 50 deals as a firm, and over $10b worth personally.

Feel free to reach out to me if you would like to connect.

1 year ago | like reply | 0 likes

investor from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Tide Rock may be worth a look if quarterly distributions / yields are a big focal point - it's not ETA, but it's equity-oriented unlike BDCs

1 year ago | like reply | 1 like

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