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Search Funded: The ETA Podcast
Search Funded is the entrepreneurship through acquisition podcast for search fund entrepreneurs, self-funded searchers, independent sponsors, investors, and operators. Hosted by Nick Lall, the show features conversations with acquisition entrepreneurs and ETA investors about how to find, finance, acquire, operate, and grow established small and lower-middle-market businesses.
Search Funded: The ETA Podcast
Latest Episodes
Buying SaaS After the Boom with David Khalil, Saas.group
David Khalil, Partner and CFO at saas.group, joins Search Funded to discuss the changing economics of SaaS. We talk about the collapse of SaaS exceptionalism, the shift away from ARR multiples, why GAAP profitability matter...
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Deal by Deal PE in New Zealand - Michael Johns, Ascentro
In this episode of Search Funded, I speak with Michael Johns, Managing Director of Ascentro Capital Partners, a New Zealand-based private investment firm focused on buying, building, and growing businesses across New Zealand and Australia.<...
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Self-Funded ETA in Europe | Alexander Kelm, Buyout Diary
In this episode we are joined by Alexander Kelm, founder of ETA Europe and writer of Buyout Diary, to explore why entrepreneurship through acquisition in Europe requires a very different playbook from the one most searchers know in the United S...
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Building a Search Fund in China: No Playbook, Local Trust, and What Actually Works - Sally Tian, Snowtide Capital
Sally Tian shares her journey from consulting, tech, and Harvard Business School to building one of the first search funds in China alongside her husband and co-founder. She explains why she walked away from the “immigrant dream” and chos...
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The End of Financial Engineering and Why AI Won’t Save You - Lee McCabe, Claymore Partners
Most private equity returns over the last decade were not driven by operators. They were driven by cheap debt and multiple expansion. That playbook is breaking.In this episode, Lee McCabe, partner at Claymore Partners, explains what actu...
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