[24.07.2024] – Ethos Search Capital (“ESC”), a service of Ethos Partners, is proud to have recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, marking a year of significant growth. Since its launch, ESC has made substantial strides in its goal to support aspiring entrepreneurs to source, acquire and grow small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe.
Since embarking on its search fund investment journey, Ethos has backed 33 searchers across 8 geographies and supported 9 search acquisitions with almost GBP25m (EUR30m) of equity funding. In 2023 it launched ESC I, the first dedicated proposition for backing UK and European searchers.
A New Era in European Search Fund Investing
An objective of ESC I was to introduce the search fund model to a broader audience. A search fund is an investment vehicle where a group of investors backs an entrepreneur to source, acquire, and grow a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME). Investors provide...
