You find the company.
We stay loyal the whole way.
Golden Retriever Partners backs search fund entrepreneurs — capital to run your search, follow-on capital to buy the company when you find it, and operators who've actually run businesses standing behind you the entire time. Honest terms. Straight feedback. A partner that doesn't let go.
What We DO
We back the person, not just the plan. Golden Retriever Partners invests in searchers from the day you start looking — funding your search, following on to help you close when you find the right company, and standing behind you while you run it. One relationship, from blank page to the CEO's chair. We've been on your side of the table, so we know what actually helps and what's just noise.
What you get
Capital that follows on
We fund your search, and when you find the right company, we're there for the acquisition too. No scrambling for money at the exact moment it matters most. When we say we're in, we're in for the whole thing.
Operators, not just checkS
We've built and run real companies. So when you're stuck on a deal at 11pm or untangling a mess in your first 90 days as CEO, you're calling people who've done the job — not just people who funded it.
Honest terms, explained plainly
We'll walk you through every term before you sign, tell you what's market and what isn't, and bury nothing. If a company you love is a bad deal, we'll say so — even when you don't want to hear it.
Loyalty, not a revolving door
We're not looking to flip our stake or replace the founder the moment it gets hard. We back you to run this company for years, and we're in it alongside you.
Searchers we’ve backed. companies they run
We don't keep score by deals announced. We keep it by searchers who found a great company, bought it, and are running it well. [X] searchers backed · [X] companies acquired · [X years] doing this. Real people, real businesses, real results — and we'll introduce you to them.
Why “Golden Retrievers”?
Because we wanted the name to say how we work before we say a word. Golden retrievers are loyal, honest, and dependable. They don't posture, they don't bail when things get hard, and they stay by your side. That's exactly the kind of investor we set out to be for the searchers we back. Our boys (ROger & Simon) have been by our side from search, to deal, to close, and to Operate. no cap, we couldn’t have done this without them.
Raising a search fund? Talk to us before you sign with anyone.
The investors you pick will shape the next decade of your life. Pick ones who'll actually be there — for the search, the deal, and the years of running it that follow.