What protects search funds from investors stealing deals?

June 11, 2024
by a searcher in Toronto, ON, Canada
If I am running a search-fund and present a deal I found to my investors, what stops them from taking the company I found and telling a friend or relative about it? Especially when investors are potentially investing in many funds, what stops them from telling someone else (maybe another search fund) about the company?
from Harvard University in Denver, CO, USA
in Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA