Meet our partners
Our partners are made up of some of the best institutional investors, entrepreneurs, and former CEOs and owners.
Anacapa Partners is a private equity fund with a strategic focus on partnering with principals operating within the search fund framework to invest in companies with highly predictable revenue models. We leverage decades of experience as operators to take a proactive role with entrepreneurs in all phases of the investment process, including business screening, due diligence, negotiation of deal structure, operational management, and exploration of exit strategies. Over the past ten years Anacapa has invested in 175 individuals/partnerships looking to acquire a profitable nano-cap company and has made over 60 investments in operating companies acquired through the search fund approach. Founded in 2010, Anacapa is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Aspect Investors is an investment firm with a unique approach to investing in private companies. Aspect partners with leading entrepreneurial CEOs who seek to acquire and operate growing, profitable private companies with revenues of roughly $5 - 50 million. The firm has deep expertise in search funds and related acquisition vehicles and is led by Andy Love, a former search funder/CEO himself who co-founded and led one of the most successful search funds to date, VantageCap Partners/Behavioral Health Group, and who has personally invested in and advised dozens of search funds and their acquisitions.
There is only one measure that matters to us. It’s what the entrepreneurs we work with have to say about us. We are experts in operating support who believe that entrepreneurship through acquisition is fundamentally about mentorship, and we don't just talk the talk.
Next Coast ETA, founded in 2020, invests in the best and the brightest future CEOs, helping them find, run and grow a business to create exceptional outcomes in the lower to middle market. From business prospecting to financial diligence, from deal structure to board support, digital transformation and exit guidance, we support our searchers every step of the way.
Maven Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on the search fund asset class. We partner with talented entrepreneurs to source, acquire, and grow small businesses. Maven seeks to compound capital at attractive rates over the long-term by helping to build great companies. Maven seeks to become a desired partner for the most talented entrepreneurs and will strive to help ensure success at every step in the process. Maven takes a customized approach with each entrepreneur and provides assistance when needed. Maven seeks to provide an attractive, diversified investment vehicle for investors to optimize exposure to the search fund asset class. Maven enjoys the collaborative nature of the search fund community and seeks to provide significant value to other constituencies within the search fund ecosystem.
We know the next generation of search fund entrepreneurs needs partnership, not just investment. You bring your unique vision, ambition, and leadership, and we bring thoughtful and supportive mentorship, longstanding search fund investing experience, operating experience, and the connections to the resources and relationships to help guide you in your search – and beyond. Let’s build something great together.
In 2004 Search Fund Partners was founded as the first private equity fund dedicated to investing in search funds. We support entrepreneurs and invest in their quests to find, acquire and build successful businesses. Each of our Partners is an experienced CEO, and most are former search fund entrepreneurs. Our passion is supporting and mentoring leaders as we provide capital, search insights, and operations expertise.
BK Growth partners with entrepreneurs to build businesses for the long term. BK Growth has invested in over 40 companies acquired via a search fund.