Investing + operator-support instead of acquisition?
January 19, 2026
by a searcher from Georgia Institute of Technology in San Francisco, CA, USA
Curious if anyone here has chosen to make a minority investment and support the business operationally instead of buying outright.
If you’ve done this, I’d love to hear what it looked like in practice: how you structured it, what governance/rights you negotiated, and any key lessons or gotchas.