Case Name :      OPK Capital Corporation – An Introduction to Search Funds

Authors :           Stewart Thornhill, Tevya Rosenberg

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            909M06

Discipline :        Finance

Case Length :    06 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

This case provides an introduction to the concept of a “search fund.” A search fund is an investment vehicle through which a group of investors provide financial support to an entrepreneur or a small team of entrepreneurs for the purpose of finding and acquiring a privately held company in which the entrepreneurs would ultimately perform senior management roles. This case deals with the process of setting up the fund, defining its terms and examining the economics. Search funds are new to the Canadian market.