# Mineola Search Partners

Publishes both the unit size and the follow-on.

A single investor writing in the first person, backing both traditional and self-funded search, while stating that it does not invest in funds or transactions sourced through incubator or accelerator programs. It publishes what it puts into a search unit, thirty to fifty thousand dollars for five to ten percent of a cap table across roughly ten search funds a year, and separately what it follows on with at the deal, five hundred to six hundred and fifty thousand. It names roughly forty-five entrepreneurs it has backed.

- Category: Capital & Investors
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Set Up & Fund the Search
- Website: https://mineolasearchpartners.com
- Last verified: 2026-09-09

## At a Glance

The most transparent single-investor row here, and it separates what it puts in during the search from what it adds at the deal.

## What It Costs

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 a named individual on the cap table rather than a committee, and who values knowing the unit size before asking.

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Publishes both the search-unit size and the follow-on size, which almost nothing on this shelf separates
- Pro: States plainly that it invests in mid-career searchers, where most backers leave the question open
- Pro: Says it has never demanded a board seat as a condition of investing
- Con: Its base appears only inside a founder biography rather than as a firm address
- Con: Publishes no earnings band or industry preference, calling itself relatively agnostic
- Con: Excludes searches sourced through incubators and accelerators, which rules out a route some searchers take

## What Searchers Say

Named as a backer on the rosters of six separate searchers. The same person hosts a widely followed operator podcast already reviewed here, which is a different thing from this investing vehicle.

## Sources

- https://mineolasearchpartners.com

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/mineola-search-partners