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From Corporate Ladder to Search Fund Pioneer: Kenneth Cheng’s Journey in Southeast Asia

  • Moonbase Capital is proud to announce its investment in Mission Kay Capital, founded by Kenneth Cheng. A seasoned leader, Kenneth’s journey began with launching one of Australia’s early e-commerce ventures in the 2000s, successfully exiting after 4 years. His career has since spanned global roles at Accenture and BHP (formerly known as Billiton), but a desire to build something of his own led him to the search fund model.
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Searching in Southeast Asia: A Conversation with Gustav Astrom

  • This week, we’re excited to speak with Gustav Astrom, an already-experienced entrepreneur embarking on a search fund journey in Southeast Asia. With 18 years of experience building businesses in China, Gustav brings a unique perspective to the search fund model in emerging markets. Now based in Kuala Lumpur, he's set his sights on acquiring and growing SMEs in Malaysia and Singapore through his search fund Seastar Partners. His deep understanding of the region's economic potential, combined with his cross-cultural expertise, gives him a significant edge in this dynamic landscape.
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The case for Search Funds in Italy

  • The Search Fund model in Italy is still in its nascent stages, but it's gaining traction in a country known for its vast landscape of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This emerging trend is resulting in an increasing number of Italian searchers launching their own investment vehicles each year.
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Pioneering Search Funds in India: a conversation with Anurag Sinha

  • In this edition of Search Fund Squared, we speak with Anurag Sinha, one of India's pioneering search fund entrepreneurs. Based in Hyderabad, Anurag's professional journey is marked by significant challenges and achievements, including launching his first venture as an undergraduate, witnessing explosive growth at Oyo Hotels, from a team of six to 3,500, with monthly GMV skyrocketing from zero to $20 million in just two and a half years, and managing crises in the hospitality industry during COVID-19. Then, at 27, he became CEO of a $100 million business unit in automotive retail.
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Coffee with an Advisor: David Ferrin

  • Our first episode features David Ferrin, a seasoned professional with 24 years of experience across Consulting, Banking, and AI & sustainability. David Ferrin is the Managing Director of Projecting Limited, the founder of Delta AI, where he developed innovative AI applications, as well as a founder of Patio Investors, where he focuses on real estate investments in Madrid. David is not only a valued advisor at Moonbase Capital but also an investor who embodies the depth of expertise we aim to share with our community.
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Reshaping Irish entrepreneurship with Search Funds

  • Meet Ossama (Sam) Batran - أسامة البطران, Ireland's pioneering search fund entrepreneur. Taking a fresh approach to growing and buying businesses, his focus lies on smart strategies and long-term goals rather than just the financial side. Sam's background is impressive; he studied at Brown University and worked at McKinsey & Company, where he reconnected with Ibrahim, a family friend who introduced him to search funds. After leading Hadya Group (also known as HALJ) as CEO, Sam became fascinated by search funds and changed his career path.
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From aerospace engineering to value-driven entrepreneurship

  • In a candid conversation, Sophia Secourgeon, an aerospace engineer turned Search Fund entrepreneur shares her journey from engineering to entrepreneurship. With a decade of experience in aerospace and defense, she pursued an MBA at IESE Business School in Barcelona to pivot towards entrepreneurship, discovering Search Funds as the perfect vehicle to channel her passion for business and innovation.
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From Yangtze to Yale: a Journey in Entrepreneurship

  • For this edition we had the privilege to sit down with Xue (Snow) Lin, an entrepreneur hailing from the vibrant Yangtze River Delta near Shanghai. Snow's journey has taken her from Zhejiang to Jiangsu and through a successful career at KPMG and an MBA from Fudan and Yale. Today, she shares her insights on entrepreneurship, her recent announcement about her Search Fund, and her unique perspective on the role of women in business negotiations within Chinese culture.
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Searching through a human development lens

  • Sneak peek at Kat’s origin story: Kat attended the University of Michigan where she majored in Sociology, with a focus on law, justice and social change, and minored in Entrepreneurship. That is when she was first introduced to the finance industry through a venture capital lens, immediately thinking: “Investing and capital allocation sounds pretty interesting and like a good way to create meaningful impact.”
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Search funds in Europe: 2023 trends and 2024 predictions

  • The search fund landscape has seen remarkable shifts in 2023, unveiling strategic opportunities while projecting a promising trajectory for 2024. At Moonbase Capital, we’ve seen these developments happen first-hand through our extensive network of searchers. Amidst an ongoing recession and rising interest rates, we are thrilled to see the search fund landscape thrive in different countries, more female searchers entering the scene, as well as an expanding investor base.
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FIRST KNOWLEDGE

Search Fund General Info

  • IESE Business School in partnership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business has released the results of a biennial study of global search funds, providing important new insights on the financial returns and main characteristics of international search funds, along with the qualities of successful search fund entrepreneurs.
  • IESE Business School in partnership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business has released the results of a biennial study of global search funds, providing important new insights on the financial returns and main characteristics of international search funds, along with the qualities of successful search fund entrepreneurs.

Search Funds, 2020

  • The 2020 Search Fund Study reports on the financial returns and key qualities of search funds formed in the United States and Canada since 1984. This report updates the previous 2018 study with data through December 31, 2019.
  • The 2020 Search Fund Study reports on the financial returns and key qualities of search funds formed in the United States and Canada since 1984. This report updates the previous 2018 study with data through December 31, 2019.

Search Fund Primer

  • For those contemplating either pursuing a Search Fund or investing in one, CES has created a practical guide to answer the most frequently asked questions.
  • For those contemplating either pursuing a Search Fund or investing in one, CES has created a practical guide to answer the most frequently asked questions.

What it Takes to be a Search Fund Entrepreneur. September 25, 2015

  • Focusing on what qualities a Search Fund entrepreneur should have, with a short and precise video in the end with further explanation.
  • Focusing on what qualities a Search Fund entrepreneur should have, with a short and precise video in the end with further explanation.

Search funds: a niche within private equity. March 1, 2021.

  • Presentation of the Search Fund model going over the reasons behind the success and what makes them different from the alternative possible investments. 
  • Presentation of the Search Fund model going over the reasons behind the success and what makes them different from the alternative possible investments. 

TRENDS

International Search Funds: Tracking Tomorrow’s Trend

  • Based on Selected observations of 2013, focusing on the initial stages when SF were created, what was the reason behind them, how they were created and what their steps are.
  • Based on Selected observations of 2013, focusing on the initial stages when SF were created, what was the reason behind them, how they were created and what their steps are.

Search Funds: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition. April 2019

  • By Massimo Tiozzo Netti, Francesco Carraretto Focusing on Search Fund life cycle and some differences between Search Fund and Private Equity basics.
  • By Massimo Tiozzo Netti, Francesco Carraretto Focusing on Search Fund life cycle and some differences between Search Fund and Private Equity basics.

TESTIMONIALS

The Search Fund Model: How To Become A 28-Year-Old CEO, August 2014

  • Interview with Chris Hendriksen, a successful entrepreneur who raised a search fund and became the manager of a small healthcare business. Next to his partner they grew it over $30 million in revenue sold to a private equity firm.
  • Interview with Chris Hendriksen, a successful entrepreneur who raised a search fund and became the manager of a small healthcare business. Next to his partner they grew it over $30 million in revenue sold to a private equity firm.

Why You Should Buy a Business (and How to Do It), February 16, 2017

  • Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, present the overlooked career path that Search Funds provide in a podcast, where they go over the basics and provide crucial insights. 
  • Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, present the overlooked career path that Search Funds provide in a podcast, where they go over the basics and provide crucial insights. 

Search Fund- What has made them work?

  • Review of the success factors of Search Funds based on a series of interviews conducted in 2014 with 17 people involved in the early stages of this new asset class.
  • Review of the success factors of Search Funds based on a series of interviews conducted in 2014 with 17 people involved in the early stages of this new asset class.

ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE

International Search Funds – 2020: Selected Observations

  • Biannual study with insights on the financial returns and important growing characteristics of the Search Fund community. Targeting especially Search Funds outside the US and Canada and including differentiating qualities that define successful entrepreneurs. 
  • Biannual study with insights on the financial returns and important growing characteristics of the Search Fund community. Targeting especially Search Funds outside the US and Canada and including differentiating qualities that define successful entrepreneurs. 

2020 Search Fund Study: Selected Observations. August 13, 2020

  • In-depth research of 2020 statistics in the North American Search Fund community. Topics include entrepreneur profiles, searcher strategies, analyses of financial returns, and companies acquired characteristics. 
  • In-depth research of 2020 statistics in the North American Search Fund community. Topics include entrepreneur profiles, searcher strategies, analyses of financial returns, and companies acquired characteristics. 

Re-Thinking Search Fund Incentive Structures. July 2017 

  • IESE study with the purpose to generate discussion acquisition-specific among the Search Fund community. Emphasizing the importance of an aligned relationship between searchers and investors.
  • IESE study with the purpose to generate discussion acquisition-specific among the Search Fund community. Emphasizing the importance of an aligned relationship between searchers and investors.

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