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Search Funder

Acquisition targets, co-investors for the equity, peers who have searched, and the operators who help after close.

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Fit checkFree

Set your thesis once. Startups that match reach you; the rest do not.

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Read who called a startup first, and that person's record, before you take the meeting.

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Your firm page is already here, built from your announcements. Claim it and correct what founders read about you.

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FollowFree

Follow the sectors, cities and scouts whose calls you trust, and let the brief do the first screen.

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What the role involves

  1. 01

    Acquire a suitable existing business and create long-term value by operating and growing it.

    objective

  2. 02

    Raise and steward search capital while maintaining appropriate bank accounts, accounting records, financial statements, and investor information.

    responsibility

  3. 03

    Conduct detailed due diligence to identify deal killers, price issues, term issues, and risks or opportunities that shape post-close priorities.

    task

  4. 04

    Evaluate the target's financial position, contracts, leases, cash flow, inventory, permits, market position, and valuation.

    task

  5. 05

    Prepare a granular first-100-days operating plan while diligence, transaction negotiation, and acquisition financing are still underway.

    task

What shapes the decisions

  1. 01

    A searcher can miss material risks because diligence is constrained by limited personal bandwidth, adviser budgets, and seller restrictions on access.

    concern

Who they work with

  1. 01

    Closing the search-capital raise starts the funded company-search phase; finding a credible target starts deeper evaluation and transaction work.

    trigger

Investors

All investors roles
Angel Group MemberIndividual angel investor participating in group review and investment activity.Angel InvestorAn individual investing personal capital directly into private early-stage companies.Angel Network LeadAn Angel Network Lead organizes an angel-investor group or network so members can source, screen, diligence, decide on, execute, and support early-stage investments through a shared process.Angel Syndicate BackerInvestor who selectively backs startup deals through a syndicate or deal-specific vehicle rather than acting as the syndicate lead.Angel Syndicate LeadAn investor who sources, evaluates, presents, and coordinates deal participation for a group of angel backers.Aspiring VCAn Aspiring VC is a person actively trying to enter or advance into venture-capital investing through education, mentorship, networking, and demonstrated investment work; the label does not establish employment by a fund.

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