ETA Funding Partners
At a Glance
One useful sentence, and a row that says plainly how much of the picture is missing.
- Pricing
- Custom Pricing, One sentence carries the whole disclosure: '10-15 investments per year with an average check size of $200k-$400k.' No ownership, fees, governance or earnings floor published.
- Best For
- A self-funded searcher sizing a small equity gap who wants to know whether there is room this year
- Track Record
- Publishes no founding year and no history; the only quantities on the site are forward-looking.
- Lane
- Self-Funded
- Funds
- The deal only
- Based
- Not published anywhere on its own site.
- Invests
- Self-funded searchers with a business already under LOI or in diligence.
- Published Terms
- Ten to fifteen investments a year at an average check of $200k to $400k.
- Roadmap Stages
- 3. Set Up & Fund the Search5. Diligence & Close the Deal
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Publishes a deployment cadence as well as a check size, which tells a searcher whether the door is open
- States the entry point plainly, at LOI or in diligence, so nothing about the lane needs inferring
- A single-purpose site with no cross-sell, so the one number on it is easy to read as current
Cons
- No geography published at all, which is the largest single gap in the row
- No earnings floor, so a searcher cannot tell whether their deal is in scope
- No founding year and no history: the only quantities on the site are forward-looking targets
What Searchers Say
The check size and the annual cadence read from its own site. Nothing else on the page is quantified.
How to Approach
Firms do not publish a term sheet you can prepare against, so this is how self-funded search capital comes in, what it weighs, and how to arrive ready.
The Typical Arc
- No conversation until you have a deal: gap capital comes in at the LOI, not before.
- A fast read on the specific target and your underwrite.
- An equity check to close the gap the loan and your own injection leave.
What It Weighs
- The deal itself: is the business financeable and fairly priced.
- Your underwrite, since there is no search track record to lean on.
- How much of the equity gap actually remains after the loan and your own cash.
How to Prepare
- Underwrite the specific deal end to end before you call. Underwrite a Deal
- Size the gap: sources and uses against what a lender and seller accept. Sources & Uses Builder
- Know your own number first. SBA Acquisition Calculator