# Footbridge Partners

Backs search entrepreneurs, criteria published.

A traditional search fund backer that partners with search fund and committed capital vehicle entrepreneurs. Its own pages publish what it is looking for, $1.5M to $7M of EBITDA in growing fragmented niches with recurring revenue. The portfolio it lists is nine operating companies, three searches under way and two realized exits.

- Category: Capital & Investors
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Learn & Choose Your Path, Set Up & Fund the Search
- Website: https://www.footbridgepartners.com

## At a Glance

Read the criteria first: this is one of the few on the shelf that tells you the deal size it wants.

- Track Record: Nine operating companies, three searches under way and two realized exits, one of them the founders' own original search.
- Lane: Traditional
- Funds: The search phase and the deal
- Based: No office; partners in San Francisco and near Philadelphia.
- Invests: No regions named anywhere on its own pages; it says it backs search fund and committed capital vehicle entrepreneurs.
- Buys: Growing, fragmented niches with limited disruption and regulatory risk, stable recurring or reoccurring revenue, a strong second-level management team, proven customer acquisition channels and a track record of revenue growth and cash flow, eligible for debt financing, at $1.5M to $7M of EBITDA. The size band is the number most of this shelf leaves out.
- Before A First Call: No stated condition. A contact form that asks which of five parties you are, a search fund entrepreneur or a committed capital vehicle entrepreneur among them. For a LinkedIn profile, with a promise to answer within a business day, alongside its own note that it takes on three or four new entrepreneurs or teams a year.
- First-Time Operators: A published size band, a named portfolio, and its own note that it takes on three or four entrepreneurs a year. Nothing at all about what those people had run before.
- How Long The Search Runs: No length on the search and nothing about what happens if it ends without a deal, on the pages this review read. Ask what the clock is before you sign anything.
- Published Terms: No check size, stake or fee on the pages this review read. Most firms on this shelf publish none, so ask early rather than late.
- What A Searcher Gets: Not published on the pages this review read. It is the figure a searcher most wants and most of this shelf does not print it, so ask before the first call rather than after.
- After The Close: Works with the new CEO after the acquisition on honoring what the founder built and avoiding the common pitfalls of younger CEOs.

## What It Costs

Investment terms, not fees. Nothing about ownership, carry or the split is published on its own site.

## Best For

A traditional [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) who wants to know the size and shape of deal a backer is actually looking for before writing to them

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Publishes its criteria as numbers, at $1.5M to $7M of [EBITDA](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/ebitda) in growing fragmented niches with [recurring revenue](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/mrr), which most of this shelf does not
- Pro: Names its portfolio: nine operating companies, three searches under way and two realized exits, one of them the founders' own original search
- Pro: Says plainly that it takes on three or four new entrepreneurs a year, so a reader can weigh the odds rather than guess them
- Con: Publishes no ownership, carry or fee terms anywhere on its own site
- Con: Its own stated pace of three or four a year makes it a long shot for most readers
- Con: The newest printed date on the site is a team arrival from April 2024; its sitemap dates the investments and team pages to 2026, which is the only currency signal it gives

## What Searchers Say

Read on its own home, about, entrepreneurs, team, investments and contact pages. The lane statement, the criteria and the portfolio are all in the firm's own words.

## Sources

- https://www.footbridgepartners.com/about-us
- https://www.footbridgepartners.com/entrepreneurs

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Last checked: 2026-09-23

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