Maurício Lemos

Business Manager, MBA in General Management and Global Broker. More than 20 years of experience leading local and international operations in a broad range of industries such as Telecom, Renewable Energies, Business Process Outsourcing and Advisory. Worked in companies turnarounds cicles and international BPO implementation projects advising and managing both projects and operations teams.

T3 Ventures

T3 Ventures LLC invests in search funds and private companies worldwide. George Jankovic, its manager, is an entrepreneur who grew NutriSystem, Inc., as its president, to more than $600 million in revenues from only $20ish million, and its market capitalization to $2.5 billion from $18 million. He was also one of the earliest Internet entrepreneurs with his start-up, RF Globalnet, being one of the most successful B2B websites in the mid-to-late 1990s and VerticalNet having one of the top ten IPOs of all time. 

Will Thorndike Jr.

Mr. Thorndike founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Director since that time. A worldwide reference in search funds’ investments, he is a member of the board in several companies and author of The Outsiders.

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Simon Webster

Simon Webster started the first search fund in Europe during the 90s, when he acquired a prosthetic limb supplier called RSL. After 10 years in charge, he was able to increase its turnover 10-fold to £30m. Currently, Simon is a mentor and investor to several search funds and he has invested in over 30 search funds. Based in the UK he is an Entrepreneur in Residence at INSEAD and he teaches about Entrepreneurship through Acquisition and search funds at Cambridge Judge Business School and is a guest speaker at London Business School. Simon is also an investor focussed on the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.

Kinderhook Partners

Kinderhook Partners manages a concentrated portfolio of long-term investments in public and private companies that have both the potential to grow substantially in value and management teams whose interests are closely aligned with shareholders. Kinderhook considers investment opportunities in a variety of industries, focusing on companies that have the potential for attractive margins and a high and sustainable return on equity.

Spectra Investments

Spectra Investments manages funds and portfolios invested in Private Equity and Debt in Brazil and Latin America. It is one of the main search funds’ investors in Brazil, based out of São Paulo.

JB46

JB46 Investment Partners (JB46) is an investment vehicle for Search Funds, whose fundamental mission is to help the searcher in its entrepreneurial effort, with the aim of achieving full success, not only financial but also managerial. The JB46 team is made up of top professionals with a long and proven experience in the financial and business sector, who will focus on providing entrepreneurs and investors with all kinds of tools and advice to achieve success.

AI Global

AI Global is an international investment company with interests in multiple long-term asset classes, including search funds, private equity, and late-stage ventures that are spearheaded by highly motivated, talented entrepreneurs. The firm brings value by working closely with its partners throughout all of the phases of any project or investment as well as leveraging on its international network of experts and collaborators. The company is a very active global Search Fund investor.

Ensyl Capital

Daniel Palacios is the Managing Partner of Ensyl Capital, a single-family office based in Miami, FL focused mainly in Real Estate, Private Equity, Search Funds, Credit/Special Situations among others. Daniel started his career in Investment Banking. He is also the Managing Partner of 23 & Park, a search fund based in Bogota, Colombia founded with his partner. 23&Park acquired and is actively operating Rentandes, a specialty finance long-term renting company for cars, trucks and heavy machinery/equipment. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.