Saw an article talking about how most search funds fail to get off the ground. Curious what typically happens to those founders and if anyone has any stories?
Do they get screwed going bankrupt repaying the angel investors who lent ~$200k during the search time? Do they return to IB/PE or other previous roles?
| +48 | Secondaries Career Outlook: Comp, Exits & Long-Term Upside? | 15 | 17h |
| +46 | PE to PortCo Chief of Staff | 19 | 1d |
| +45 | Consumer PE is dying/dead? | 10 | 2d |
| +27 | Private Equity Office wear | 13 | 2h |
| +18 | Use Cases For Claude Cowork / Claude Code | 4 | 27m |
| +12 | Post-Banking Seats | 7 | 3d |
| +11 | Graduating Before Junior-Summer PE/Growth Internship — How Should I Approach the Firm? | 3 | 4d |
| +8 | How do I go from underpaid to overpaid | 2 | 6d |
| +7 | JD, MBA related to PE and other Wall Street Jobs | 2 | 4d |
| +7 | Oncycle rumors | 2 | 12m |
Career Resources
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
Yale has a write up on it: https://som.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/On%20the%20Nature%20of…
Architecto voluptatem qui facere necessitatibus in sapiente esse. Ea vero nemo necessitatibus. In aut sint aut fuga ut. Vero dolore est eum reprehenderit perspiciatis omnis nihil.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...