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Announcing: Minds Capital

Acquiring Minds

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Will Smith has partnered with Niklas James & Max Lummis in a fund to invest in searcher & independent sponsor deals.

Topics in this episode:

  • Why raise a fund?
  • How a fund comes together
  • What it was like to raise money from LPs for a blind pool
  • Why a business might be great for a searcher but not an investor
  • How different investors have different needs
  • Why small acquisitions are hard for a fund to invest in
  • Value of community in a fund
  • Minds Capital’s process to assess deals
  • Evaluating deal strengths systematically
  • “Best deal of the month” filter

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Announcing: Minds Capital

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