Raising Capital for Regionally-Focused Search

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by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School
in Los Angeles, CA, USA

6yrs ago

Raising Capital for Regionally-Focused Search

Hi all - current HBS student here weighing searching as a possible post-MBA path. I'll likely be regionally constrained searcher (southern California) due to family restrictions and have been advised that may also restrict me to self-funding my search as investors will balk at backing a restricted search. If true, that fact would further restrict the search (~1M EBIDTA and below if I have to self-fund).

Does anyone have experience raising for a regionally restricted search? Any positive or negative experiences, advice or tactics would be greatly appreciated.

Looking forward to learning from this community.

-Tom

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reply by an investor 6yrs ago
from Illinois Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA, USA

We are representing a Southern California firm now....how is your timing?
Tom Korzenecki
Grand Avenue Capital redacted

reply by an investor 6yrs ago
from Harvard University in San Francisco, CA, USA

I would be happy to chat. My business partner and I did a funded + regional search, and our new search fund investment vehicle is supportive of geographic searches (in suitable geographies). Please email me at redacted