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For Investors

Resources for accredited investors looking to deploy capital into lower middle market private equity transactions on a deal-by-deal basis.

Invest with CapitalPad: How accredited investors co-invest in lower middle market acquisitions, deal-by-deal, with no fund commitment.
Independent Sponsor Deals: Co-invest in deals led by independent sponsors acquiring historically profitable, established businesses.
Search Fund Investing: Back search fund entrepreneurs at the post-LOI acquisition stage.
Self-Funded Search Investing: Invest in self-funded searchers acquiring SMBs above their personal balance sheet.
SMB Investing: A passive investing channel for small and lower middle market business acquisitions.

Resources for independent sponsors and self-funded searchers raising equity capital to close lower middle market acquisitions.

Raise Capital: How sponsors raise equity capital for sponsor-led acquisitions through CapitalPad.
Independent Sponsor Capital Provider: Equity capital provider for independent sponsors closing acquisitions in the lower middle market.

Editorial and data-driven analysis on search funds, independent sponsors, and the lower middle market.

All Resources: The full archive of CapitalPad articles and analysis.
Search Fund Asset Class: A primer on the search fund model of entrepreneurship through acquisition.
Search Fund Statistics: Headline statistics from the Stanford GSB 2024 Search Fund Study.
Search Fund Returns: How search fund returns are measured and what historical IRR data shows.
Lower Middle Market Private Equity Statistics: Key data on deal volumes, multiples, and returns in the lower middle market.
Independent Sponsor Debt Financing: How independent sponsors structure debt financing for acquisitions.