Southern Alpha Equity Partners is not your typical private equity fund, strategic acquirer or venture capital fund - we are search fund - long-term investors.

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So what is a search fund anyway? A search fund is an entrepreneurial investment vehicle that enables entrepreneurs and experienced business managers to buy one company and commit all of their time, energy, capital and efforts to long-term success of your acquired company. Capital is raised to finance the search for, and acquisition of, the company (Please see the Investors tab for a listing of committed investors). The founder of the fund - Nicholas M. Browner - will assume full-time responsibility as President/CEO for managing the acquired company's day-to-day operations.

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Search funds are an alternative asset class which provide investors the opportunity to back and mentor aspiring entrepreneurs and to own equity in an established, profitable, and scalable privately-held small-to-medium sized company. Additionally, search funds serve an under-represented and under-served segment of the private equity market, that offers small business owners:

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• an unique and well-positioned succession plan and partnership approach;

• an different kind of partnership;

• continual preservation of your legacy, protection of your employees, stakeholders, and community partners; and

• an entrepreneur that can take your company to the next-level and build and grow into something you'd be very proud of.

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Below is an side-by-side view of advantages of selling your company to an search fund, such as Southern Alpha Equity Partners.