Shastina Search Partners
At a Glance
An individual backer rather than a firm, and the row exists so a searcher who meets the name knows what it is.
- 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 traditional searcher collecting individual backers who wants an operator who has sold a business of their own.
- Track Record
- One page carrying a single quotation and no counts of any kind: no searchers backed, no deals and no exits.
- Lane
- Traditional
- Funds
- The search phase and the deal
- Based
- No address published anywhere on its site.
- Invests
- Traditional search funds, with no geography published.
- Buys
- Nothing published about the companies it wants.
- Before A First Call
- One email address on a single page, with no sentence about who may use it, what to send, or whether an unsolicited approach is welcome at all.
- First-Time Operators
- Nothing about prior experience as a condition, on a page whose only requirement is stated from the other side: what its principal says he brings to a searcher.
- 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.
- Roadmap Stages
- 3. Set Up & Fund the Search
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Says plainly which model it backs, which is more than several larger sites manage
- Its principal is named, with the exit that qualifies him, in his own words
- The whole proposition is one screen, so nothing is buried
Cons
- No criteria, no check size and no count of searchers backed anywhere
- No address, no team beyond one person, and no portfolio
- Nothing published about the search phase, the deal, or what happens if a search ends
What Searchers Say
Named as a backer on two searchers' own pages, which is the only evidence of activity here; its own page carries no record at all.
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Firms do not publish a term sheet you can prepare against, so this is how traditional (investor-backed) search capital comes in, what it weighs, and how to arrive ready.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