
Search Fund Library
Welcome to our Search Fund resource library, your essential guide to Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (EtA) and Search Funds. This curated collection features a wide range of high-quality resources, from social media channels and videos to podcasts, courses, MBA programs, studies, news articles, and books, offering a comprehensive introduction to ETA and Search Funds.
To make it easy to navigate, we’ve organized resources by time commitment, starting with quick-access content you can dive into with just a click, and progressing to more in-depth material like books, dissertations, and academic papers.
We’re committed to keeping this list relevant and valuable. If you have suggestions or know of additional resources to share, please reach out to us at contact@newtonequity.com.
SEARCH FUND ANNUAL EVENTS
JANUARY
No known events
APRIL
JULY
No known events
OCTOBER
SPAIN: IESE Search Fund Conference (biennial)
MAY
FRANCE: INSEAD EtA Summit
GERMANY: Mittelstand Summit
SPAIN: IESE Investor Search Fund Conference
AUGUST
No known events
NOVEMBER
USA: Harvard EtA ConferenceUSA: Booth-Kellogg ETA Conference
SINGAPORE: INSEAD ETA CONFERENCE (ASIA)
SPAIN: Women's Search Forum
NETHERLANDS: RSA ETA Conference
MARCH
JUNE
No known events
SEPTEMBER
AUSTRALIA: ETA Forum
DECEMBER
No known events
X accounts to follow

LinkedIn accounts to follow

Podcasts to listen to
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BizCrunch - The M&A Zing (2025)
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Found and Funded (2024)
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Redefining Ambition (2024)
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Buy and Build (2021)
- Acquiring Minds (2021)


Courses to TAKE
MBAs to attend

Studies to read

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IESE Search Funds: What does not seem to work, Part 1 (2026)
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IESE Search Funds: What does not seem to work, Part 2 (2026)
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Latin America Search Fund Study (2022)
News articles to read
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Inside The Rise Of Search Funds: Private Equity's Hidden Gem (2025)
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A recent wave of International SF exits highlights the success of this asset class (2025)
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Hadley Family Office finds success through search investing (2025)
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Meet the "Stealthy Wealthy" who make their money the boring way (2025)
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HBR: Why MBAs should buy SMEs? (2016)


