# Brydon Group vs NextGen Growth Partners

Which salaried-search program fits how you work?

## Choose Brydon Group

Choose Brydon for scale and structure: an annual cohort in a program that has backed 36 CIRs since 2022, twenty platforms bought since 2023, and $30M-plus of equity aimed behind each platform you would run.

## Choose NextGen Growth Partners

Choose NextGen to search inside a firm as a CEO-in-residence: a smaller bench, a Chicago base, and a model where you lead the deal you find rather than joining a platform thesis.

## Side by side

| | Brydon Group | NextGen Growth Partners |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What It Is | The largest cohort-model employed-search program: recruits CEOs-in-residence into annual cohorts (36 CIRs across five cohorts since 2022; twenty platforms bought since 2023 and forty-six acquisitions counting tuck-ins, in software, business, healthcare and government services), pays a salary during the search, and targets $30M-plus of equity behind each platform the CIR then runs. | A Chicago private investment firm founded in 2016 running the CEO-in-residence model, a role it renamed from entrepreneur-in-residence in 2025. CIRs join the firm full time, source and acquire a business with the firm's committed capital, and step in as its leader: an employed path into operating rather than a fund backing your own search. |
| Category | Capital & Investors | Capital & Investors |
| Pricing Model | Custom Pricing | Custom Pricing |
| What It Costs | Employment economics, not fees: a salary commensurate with experience during the search; what equity the role earns is not published. | Not a fee or a fund investment in your entity: EIRs are brought into the firm's structure with compensation and equity terms set by the firm; understand exactly what you would own before comparing it to running your own search. |
| Best For | Experienced operators and executives who want the employed path with cohort structure, committed capital, and bigger-than-usual platform ambitions | Aspiring owner-operators who want the searching experience with committed capital and infrastructure behind them, and who accept firm economics in exchange; whether the seat pays a salary is not stated on its site |
| Where It Fits | Learn & Choose Your Path, Set Up & Fund the Search | Learn & Choose Your Path |
| Our Verdict | The employed lane's scale option: if you would search on salary, the cohort with twenty platforms bought is the bench strength to compare everyone else against. | A legitimate third path between self-funded and traditional; take it for the platform and the risk transfer, not the equity math, and model all three paths before choosing. |

Full review of Brydon Group: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/brydon-group
Full review of NextGen Growth Partners: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/nextgen-growth-partners

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Last checked: 2026-09-18

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