Magnum Capital
At a Glance
The shelf's clearest case of backers who have been through the whole arc themselves, including the exit.
- Pricing
- Custom Pricing, Investment terms, not fees. No fee is charged to a searcher; what the firm publishes about its own side is in the row.
- Best For
- A searcher who wants backers who have run the search themselves and will take a self-sponsored one seriously.
- Track Record
- One search of the founders' own: Scribendi, bought in 2017 and sold in 2023 by their news page, the exit both partners share. Fund I closed at $20 million in early 2026 after an $8 million first close, and the companies page carries four investments and that one exit.
- Lane
- Traditional, Self-Funded
- Funds
- The search phase and the deal
- Based
- Montreal, Quebec, by its own news datelines.
- Invests
- Searchers across the US and Canada, by the heading of its searchers page; its news calls it a Montreal-based fund and Canada's first women-led private equity fund focused on the search fund model.
- Buys
- Established lower mid-market businesses, with no size band, sector list or earnings floor published.
- Before A First Call
- A message to either founder's own address. Its contact page invites anyone raising a search fund, holding an investment opportunity or just wanting to connect, and names no condition.
- First-Time Operators
- Nothing about prior experience as a condition. Its home page lists a proven track record among the qualities of the entrepreneurs it backs, and its approach page wants high-trajectory, tech-oriented leaders. Both are qualities in a list rather than a bar a reader could fail, and the home page says it empowers the next generation of entrepreneurs.
- 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
- Traditional terms, named once on its events page without a number. Its approach page promises partnership from the first day of a search to the exit and board capacity when appropriate, and no stake, check size or split is published anywhere.
- 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
- Nothing about the years after closing on the pages this review read, whether a hold period, a first-year plan or a board role. Ask how long it expects to own the company before you sign.
- Roadmap Stages
- 3. Set Up & Fund the Search
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Both founding partners ran the same search, acquired a company and exited it, and the news page names it and dates both ends
- Says in as many words that it backs self-sponsored searches beside traditional ones
- Keeps searchers and companies on separate pages, so who is looking is not mixed with what was bought
Cons
- No check size or stake published anywhere, though the size of its first fund is
- Geography is one heading on the searchers page, across the US and Canada, with no street address anywhere on the site
- Nothing published about what happens when a search ends without a deal
What Searchers Say
Named as a backer by searchers in North America and Europe, and one partner sits on the advisory board of a business school's search fund center. Its first fund closed at $20 million in 2026 with a development bank's ETA fund among the investors.
How to Approach
Firms do not publish a term sheet you can prepare against, so this is how traditional (investor-backed) search capital comes in, what it weighs, and how to arrive ready.
The Typical Arc
- A first conversation on your background and why search, before any deal.
- A deep dive on your plan: industries, criteria, and how you will source.
- Backing for the search itself, then a fresh underwrite when you bring a live deal.
- A board seat and governance once you close.
What It Weighs
- Whether you will finish a two-year search, not only start one.
- The quality of your thesis and target criteria.
- How you will behave on a cap table over a long hold.
How to Prepare
- Bring a sourcing thesis, not a blank slate. Buyer Profile Builder
- Know which firms lead versus follow, and on what terms. Investors
- Make your operator case on one page. Buyer Profile Builder