press releases

• Ambit Partners Announces Fund II

• Ambit Partners Closes Fund I

• Ambit Partners Announces Strategic Partnership with CrossBoundary

• Ambit Partners-Backed Search Fund Concludes First-Ever Acquisition in Africa

thought leadership

White Papers

• Some Thoughts on How to Be an Effective and Impactful Director on a Search Fund Board (Yale SOM)

• Questions Potential Search Fund Entrepreneurs and Potential Investors Might Ask Each Other (Yale SOM)

• Exploring Search Fund Entrepreneur Economics (Yale SOM)

• Managing PFIC Concerns in International Search Fund Investing: A practical guide for US investors (Holland & Knight)

Articles

• Rob LeBlanc & Jake Cusack: Evaluating Emerging Market Search Fund Opportunities

• Rob LeBlanc: Reflections on Constructing a Search Fund Cap Table

• Andrew Locke: Diversification in Search Fund investing: The only free lunch?

Podcast appearances

• Rob LeBlanc on “Buy & Build with Paul Quirk” - Insights and Momentum- Investing in 80 Search Funds Across 30 Countries

• Rob LeBlanc on “Think Like an Owner with Alex Bridgeman” - Designing an International Search Investment Firm

• Andrew Locke on “The INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast with Nick Lall” - Search Funds & Emerging Markets

• Niel Wyma on “Network Capital TV with Utkarsh Amitabh” - Demystifying Search Funds

• Rob LeBlanc on “Views from the Market with Mario Nigro” - Search Funds: The Next Frontier

• Rob LeBlanc on “Buy & Build with Paul Quirk and David Nefs” - Backing Maverick Searchers in New Markets

• Andrew Locke on “The Next Step with Pete Seligman” - Search Funds: An Investor’s Perspective

external resources

• Stanford GSB Primer on Search Funds

• Stanford GSB Bi-Annual Search Fund Reports: 2018, 2020, 2022

• IESE Bi-Annual International Search Fund Reports: 2018, 2020, 2022

• Exploring Various Search Fund Structures, Nicholas Rice & A.J. Wasserstein, Yale SOM