PE Origination

Hi all,

Spent most of my career in PWM (advisor and business development) but an origination role with a local PE firm (reasonably well established) came up and got an interview.

Just curious if anyone does or has worked in that area and can comment on their experience, pros & cons and further opportunities?

Thanks

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I work with a lot of people in that role.

There would definitely be a lot of travel involved. Visiting referral sources (attorneys, accountants, investment bankers) and going to industry events for marketing purposes.

Probably a decent amount of cold calling. I get called by some of these guys once a quarter. They always ask what deal we have in market to show them. Probably cold call business owners too.

Depending on your goals, I would ask if this role would lead to a PE associate role. Ask if anyone has transitioned from the BD side to the fund side.

 

No problem.

I would say calls once a quarter are too much. They aren't annoying, but usually not much has changed on their end or ours.

Typically, the calls aren't helpful in getting deals done. When we market a company, we have a set list of buyers that we contact. Those buyers are usually the best fits anyway.

The calls are helpful to learn about the latest acquisitions that the PE firm made.

 

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