How to run your Pre-LOI Investment Analysis in 1 hour

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December 30, 2025

by a professional from IESE Business School in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Pre-LOI investment analysis typically takes 5 to 10 hours spread over 2 to 3 days. In this article, we'll demonstrate how you can run this in less than 1 hour while deepening your analysis and generating more insights to increase upside, mitigate risks, optimize your deal structure and negotiate better. Executive Summary You can complete your Pre-LOI Investment Analysis within 1 hour by reducing your "Build Time" and "Analysis Time" by 90%: Build Time: use our Pre-LOI Search Fund LBO which covers 90% of what you'll need for a Pre-LOI deal review (see download link at end of post) Analysis Time: use the Fontics Excel plug-in which cuts investment analysis in Excel by 90% (read along for applications specific to Search Funds) We break down the indicative time split for to complete your review within 1 hour [30 mins]: Extract key deal terms [10 mins]: Update Pre-LOI LBO [5 mins]: Identify main drivers [5 mins]: Run scenarios [5 mins]: Optimize deal structure [5 mins]: Get indicative deal direction [i.e. to proceed or not] Note: this article assumes some basic understanding of Finance and Excel Read the full piece here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fontics_how-to-run-your-search-fund-pre-loi-investment-activity-7411740634446786560-xy6l (includes the link to the Pre-LOI LBO model and 6 screenshots)
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from University of Southern California in North Palm Beach, FL, USA
For decades, I've specialized in preparing searchers and then training and coaching them through pre-LOI due diligence. How can your service help me and my clients, specifically?
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