Typical deal scout commission

Member resources:

Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

Post a question, deal, job, etc...

Make a post...

Complete registration to post.

by a searcher from Columbia University
in Miami, FL, USA

1yr ago

Typical deal scout commission

Hello all,

So we are working with a few deal scouts that introduce us to potential businesses to buy and are paid purely on commission. Sometimes they send us platform businesses and sometimes, add-ons. Different people propose different commissions. Does anyone know of anything that's standard? Maybe Lehman for platform targets and 1-1.5% for add-ons? When negotiating commissions would like to have something that I can cite as standard.

1 Like

258 Views

reply by a professional 1yr ago
from University of Richmond in Boston, MA, USA

I typically see Lehman Scale as well but following in case someone sees something else

reply by an intermediary 1yr ago
from Wesleyan University in Needham, MA, USA

Single lehman usually should also mean that the broker only shows it to you.