We answer the Friday night texts, field the Saturday morning calls, and offer unwavering support to every searcher on their journey to acquire a great company.
Imagine tens of thousands of emails and calls. You’ll repeat your story endlessly, face drawn-out negotiations, and spend months closing your deal. It’s frustrating and challenging.
Many CEOs tell us that searching is harder than running a company. Most investors give plenty of support to searcher CEOs after they buy a business, but that leaves today’s searchers overlooked.
It doesn’t have to be that way. We focus on searchers and their search funds before they make an acquisition. We think it’s so important that we put it in our name.
Imagine tens of thousands of emails and calls. You’ll repeat your story endlessly, face drawn-out negotiations, and spend months closing your deal. It’s frustrating and challenging.
Many CEOs tell us that searching is harder than running a company. Most investors give plenty of support to searcher CEOs after they buy a business, but that leaves today’s searchers overlooked.
It doesn’t have to be that way. We focus on searchers and their search funds before they make an acquisition. We think it’s so important that we put it in our name.
“Saumil is willing to roll up his sleeves in a way that other firms are not... Saumil is the best in the search community when it comes to all of the high stakes, but subtle details a searcher needs to master in order to close a deal.
I knew he was going to pick up the phone, and I knew he was going to do it right since he’s done it dozens of times before. I'm glad Saumil was my copilot.”
Founder
Saumil is on a mission to help 1,000 future CEOs acquire small businesses: 50+ down, 950 to go. That means helping searchers "get tough deals done" by sharing insights from nearly a decade of search fund investing, private equity investing, and private equity due diligence consulting.
Prior to launching Feta Fund, Saumil worked as a search fund investor at Trilogy Search Partners. Previously, he worked at Charlesbank, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm. Saumil began his career at Bain & Company as a consultant specializing in private equity due diligence. Saumil attended the Wharton School for his undergraduate degree.
Saumil is a board member of Velox, a medical device services rollup. He previously was on the board of a gastroenterology practice rollup and two fast-growing SaaS companies.
Saumil often speaks about search funds at top business schools. He is also a regular panelist at search fund industry conferences, such as the Harvard conference in 2023, the Wharton conference in 2024, the Booth conference in 2024, and the SEETA conference in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. He also spoke at the Stanford GSB conference in 2023 about diversity in search.
Saumil lives in Seattle with his wife Nandita and son Niam. He’s solemnly vowed to be first in line for season tickets once the Supersonics come back.
