Intern & Job Board

Alpine Investors: CEO-in-Training

Nationwide · Salaried · Timing not published · Campus recruiting

Run a company the firm already owns, as its chief executive, from the first day of the seat.

Brydon Group: CEO-in-Residence Cohort

Washington, DC · Salaried · Closed for now · Operating experience

Search inside a cohort of other chief executives in training, then lead the company you buy as its CEO.

Novastone Capital Advisors: Searcher Program

International · Salaried · Always open · Operating experience

Search for a company with the firm's capital and its network behind you, then run it as its chief executive.

Kingsway: Search Xcelerator

Chicago · Pay not published · Timing not published · Operating experience

A listed holding company's operator track: source your own acquisition, then run it as CEO inside the holdco.

SMEVentures: Search with SMEVentures

Asia Pacific · Salaried · Open now · Operating experience

A platform that raises the search capital for you, so you look full time and then run the business you buy.

WAD Capital: CEO-in-Residence Cohort

Europe · Salaried · Open now · Operating experience

SME succession on the lane's only published terms: a fee, full funding, and equity on the day it closes.

Sleeping Giant Capital: CEO-in-Residence Program

West Michigan · Salaried · Always open · Operating experience

Committed acquisition capital and a full-time seat to search from, then run the business you buy.

Search Fund Accelerator: SFA Cohort

New Orleans & Denver · Equity only · Open now · Campus recruiting

Search from a shared office with committed capital behind you, then run the company you buy as its CEO.

NextGen Growth Partners: CEO-in-Residence

Chicago & Austin · Equity only · Open now · Operating experience

Join the firm full time, acquire a business with its committed capital, then lead it as its CEO.

Chenmark: GVP/GA Program

Portland, Maine · Pay not published · Open now · No set profile

A permanent holding company's staged path from deal work into the chief executive seat at one of its businesses.

Teamshares: Presidents Program

30+ states · Salaried · Open now · Profile not published

The firm buys a small business and installs you as its President, with ownership that grows year by year.

Evergreen Services Group: Executive Program

San Francisco · Pay not published · Closed for now · Campus recruiting

An MBA track into a profit-and-loss seat on day one at one of the group's acquired operating companies.

American Operator: Operator Placement

Across the US · Salaried · Open now · Operating experience

The firm buys the business and installs you as its chief executive, with day-one equity and a path to majority.

FP Partners: CEO-in-Residence

Toronto · Deal capital only · Timing not published · Operating experience

A two-year term to source a company with the firm's backing, then lead the one you find as its chief executive.

SIG Partners: CEO-in-Residence

Dallas · Equity only · Open now · Operating experience

The firm acquires a business and installs you as its owner-operator, with co-investment of your own required.

Acquisition Lab: Entrepreneur-In-Residence Program

No office named · Equity only · Timing not published · Operating experience

Committed capital before a deal exists, for a full-time searcher who signs the personal guarantee.

Thesis Capital: Searcher & CEO-in-Residence

Houston · Deal capital only · Timing not published · Operating experience

A holding company's two-track door: search with its backing, or step in to lead a platform it already owns.

Alpine Investors: CEO-in-Residence

Nationwide · Pay not published · Timing not published · Operating experience

Wait with the firm's sourcing team for a company it has not bought yet, then run that one as its chief executive.

Guideboat Capital Partners: CEO-in-Residence Program

Dallas, TX · Deal capital only · Timing not published · Operating experience

An operator seat with the firm's capital and its people behind the search, then run what you buy.

New Majority Capital: bETA Accelerator

Varies by cohort · Unpaid · Closed for now · Profile not published

Ten weeks of hybrid training for a self-funded searcher, from finding a target to the year after the close.

Promise Partners: Flights

Cleveland · Pay not published · Open now · Profile not published

Peer groups of seven to ten aspiring owners, banded by how close each one is to buying something.

Search Fund Accelerator: MBA Summer Internship

New Orleans & Denver · Salaried · Timing not published · Campus recruiting

Summer weeks working directly with a portfolio company's chief executive on operations, sales and finance.

Relay Investments: Summer Internship Program

Boston · Pay not published · Open now · Campus recruiting

Eight weeks on live deals from letter of intent to close, beside the investors funding them.

NextGen Growth Partners: MBA Associate Internship

Chicago · Unpaid · Closed for now · Campus recruiting

Work beside a chief executive in residence on the deals the firm is looking at and the ones it has done.

GT Entrepreneurs: Private Equity Analyst Intern

Pittsburgh · Unpaid · Open now · Campus recruiting

An undergraduate seat at a firm that backs traditional searchers all the way through the raise.