The Found & Funded Podcast
Found & Funded, the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition podcast for searchers by search experts, where we explore the route to business ownership without having that million dollar idea.
The Found & Funded Podcast
Episode 3: What investors really look for, with Ibrahim Rahim
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Season three episode three is here! This time, Carl is joined by Ibrahim Rahim, Managing Partner and co-founder of Moonbase Capital, a global investment firm backing search fund entrepreneurs to acquire and grow established businesses.
Ibrahim shares his journey from growing up in Egypt and working in the family business, through to consulting at McKinsey, and ultimately founding Moonbase, after discovering the search funds model at Stanford. He brings an investors perspective to the series looking at the operational side of a search acquisition.
This episode unpacks:
- His journey from SME operator to global investor
- Lessons learned scaling a family business and the importance of going slow
- How his investment approach compares to the Stanford search fund model
- Sectors he’s avoiding (and where he sees opportunity)
- The growth of search funds across Europe
- What he looks for in a searcher
- The most common challenges when taking over a business
- Practical advice on scaling and improving operations
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