Search Fund to Traditional PE

Hello everyone,

I joined a search fund as an associate in Central America and we are looking to eventually transform it into a small PE shop to acquire a portfolio of companies after our exit. Has anybody seen any such case? Starting a PE after exiting a search Fund.

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