SFC Deal Closing Success by Search Fund Coalition

July 09, 2025
by a searcher in New York, NY, USA
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A Success Story of Persistence, Collaboration and Community — with Searcherboost
Eighteen months of cautious outreach kept Grania Michel circling deals. One mindset reset—and a crew that wouldn’t let her coast—put her under LOI in 14 days and across the finish line 120 days later as owner of Associated Photo & Imaging.
On this SFC panel we reverse-engineer that sprint with our experts ^redacted ^redacted ^redacted & ^redacted on how to steer the legal, lending, and integration work. We’ll dig into:
- The clock-reset question that kills analysis paralysis.
- Assembling a deal team that spots potholes before you hit them.
- Loan packaging that gets lenders to “yes” on schedule.
- Legal moves that keep closing dates from drifting.
- Day-one operator priorities that protect the upside.
If you’re sitting on unanswered LOIs—or just tired of solo-search echo chambers—come see how structure + community cut the timeline in half.
** Sign up required to attend: https://lu.ma/DTC725 **
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Portland, OR, USA