RAISE
PARTNER WITH
INVESTORS
SEARCH
FIND A SOLID
BUSINESS
ACQUIRE
BUY THE
ASSET
BUILD
MANAGE &
CREATE VALUE
TRANSITION
DIVEST & LEAVE
A LEGACY
Proven Model to Become a Successful CEO
Our Mandate
Sentinel Search Fund is a segregated mandate that is part of the Sentinel Family Office. The fund also has a global mandate with a preference for searchers in Europe, US and LATAM markets.
We are industry agnostic and focus on market and business fundamentals in assessing potential investment opportunities. We work with the full spectrum of searchers including single, partnered, traditional and self-funded searches.
Our Vision
- Create long-term value.
- Mentor and cultivate talent.
- Leave a lasting impact on the broader community.
What Makes Us Unique
TRACK RECORD
There is no substitute for experience. When you partner with Sentinel, you gain access to an organisation that has seasoned veterans with over 60 years of owner/operator experience in a diverse range of sectors.
We have built our core businesses from the ground up and understand how to maximise stakeholder value. Our family run executive team has a top-down meets bottom-up management style that enables them to successfully control and grow the conglomerate.
At Sentinel Search we mimic the family’s principles and believe that solid investment and management processes are a key factor to a successful search.
We drive this philosophy to provide our search partners with in-depth, experience based, insights.
PARTICIPATION
& RESOURCES
Sentinel Capital has constructed a robust investment framework with governance at the forefront. This includes an investment process that is supported by an advisory board and investment committee. Furthermore, the office has developed global resources and networks, not limited to the search fund ecosystem, to drive value for our stakeholders.
Sentinel considers itself an active investor as it provides the entrepreneur with support on all traditional aspects within each stage of the search fund experience. Furthermore, our search partners will have access to the extended family-office resources and networks to ensure that he/she is well equipped for the journey.
PARTNERSHIPS
As Sentinel only serves one investor, there is less bureaucracy on decision making as well as a unique view on liquidity and risk when compared to the other institutional investors. This enables our principles to take a more agnostic investment approach based on economic principles as opposed too hard restrictions by fund mandates. Our goals are driven by long-term value which is well aligned to our search partners.
PARTICIPATION
& RESOURCES
Sentinel considers itself an active investor as it provides the entrepreneur with support on all traditional aspects within each stage of the search fund experience. Furthermore, our search partners will have access to the extended family-office resources and networks to ensure that he/she is well equipped for the journey.
Track Record
PARTNERSHIP
PARTICIPATION & RESOURCES
SENTINEL ADVANTAGE
Track record
We have built our core businesses from the ground up and understand how to maximise stakeholder value. Our family run executive team has a top-down meets bottom-up management style that enables them to successfully control and grow the conglomerate.
At Sentinel Search we mimic the family’s principles and believe that solid investment and management processes are a key factor to a successful search. We drive this philosophy to provide our search partners with in-depth, experience based, insights.
PARTNERSHIP
Track record
We have built our core businesses from the ground up and understand how to maximise stakeholder value. Our family run executive team has a top-down meets bottom-up management style that enables them to successfully control and grow the conglomerate.
At Sentinel Search we mimic the family’s principles and believe that solid investment and management processes are a key factor to a successful search. We drive this philosophy to provide our search partners with in-depth, experience based, insights.
Track Record
PARTNERSHIP
PARTICIPATION & RESOURCES
SENTINEL ADVANTAGE
PARTNERSHIP
PARTICIPATION & RESOURCES
Sentinel considers itself an active investor as it provides the entrepreneur with support on all traditional aspects within each stage of the search fund experience. Furthermore, our search partners will have access to the extended family-office resources and networks to ensure that he/she is well equipped for the journey.
Where We Have Invested
Benjamin Givelet
President
“Search Fund investors are a particular kind of professional investors: one select them not only for their capacity to be trusted capital partners, but for their professionalism as investors as well as the personal relationship they are willing to build with you as an entrepreneur. As a Searcher, you are trying to build a team of trusted investors who are willing to bet on you being capable to search, acquire and develop a business. The alignment of incentives in all those phases is something that Sentinel Capital has perfectly understood and proven to me so far.”
Greg Green
Founder
“From the pre-investment stage Sentinel Capital has demonstrated rigour in their processes. They showed experience as investors by providing me with valuable guidance on topics that would have a long-term impact. Post investment the team have continued to support me by talking through industry niches and ideas for investment. They have also been supportive in providing access to their network as required.”
Maxime Weissend
Managing Partner
“I feel very fortunate to partner with Sentinel. From the very beginning, the team has been very supportive providing great insights and actionable recommendations to further strengthen my search for a great business.”
Vitten Varma & Oli Field-Johnson
Director, Co-Founder
“Sentinel have been the kind of investor you really hope for as a search fund; supportive and always available to offer intelligent advice but also trusting and happy to step back and allow you to get on with the busy workload.”
Pierre-Etienne Lambert & Felipe Villaneada
Managing Partners
“Sentinel is a hands-on investor who adds value in the evaluation of deals and the due-diligence process. Viren and his team always take an active role in the evaluation of the transactions we’ve presented to Tara’s investor group and their robust investment and/or operational experience in many sectors, in developed and emerging markets, has allowed them to provide valuable feedback to entrepreneurial teams such as ours. We’ve enjoyed working with Viren and his team since inception and look forward to continuing building this partnership between Tara & Sentinel.”
Salvador Gomez Lemmer Meyer & Francisco De Alba
Managing Partners
“We have worked with Sentinel since our Search phase. They are thorough in their analysis and make quick and independent decisions. They invested in our acquisition and hold a board seat. Furthermore, they helped provide mezzanine financing. As our lender, they were extremely helpful and considerate during the COVID pandemic, and as board member, Sentinel has always shown a strong business sense and provided thoughtful advice on issues ranging from transactional to operational. They have also offered access to network and resources to the company. I highly recommend having Sentinel as an investor, especially in a more active role.”
Kirils Gerasimovics
Managing Director
“Sentinel’s extensive industry insight is invaluable when vetting potential targets. Team also has extensive investment experience and is always available to exchange ideas about sectors, targets and search process.”
Joe Odell & Jessica Patterson
Founding Partner
“The team at Sentinel Capital has been paramount to our search funds success. They’ve consistently stood out as investor/partners we can trust to provide meaningful insights.”Our Partners
Prisma Capital
USA
Legat Capital
Mexico
Sotavento Capital
Spain
Stella Maris
France
Landale Partners
UK
Versa Capital
Spain
Tara Capital
Mexico
Pine Coast
Baltics
Single Trail
Australia
Lexana Capital
UK
SMGO
Czechia / Slovakia
Viriato Capital
Spain / Portugal
Argo Partners
Italy
Steadfast Horizon LLC
USA
Surca Capital
Spain
Harbor Capital
Colombia
Nalim Capital
Brazil
Bitacora Partners
Spain
What is a Search Fund
Stage 1
Searchers form an investment vehicle made up of a diversified group of aligned investors. Investors provide the searcher with mentorship & capital in order for the searcher to successfully find, acquire and operate an SME for the medium to long term.
Stage 2 & 3
The search period requires the entrepreneurs to assess the general economic environment, sellers’ willingness to sell and regulatory burdens, while diving into specific industry characteristics and generating deal flow. These factors can considerably delay the acquisition process if not managed accordingly.
Stage 4
Stage 5
Once the searcher has successfully implemented the value creation plan, realisation of returns for both investors and principals are generally sought via different liquidity events such as M&A, IPO dividend distributions & recapitalisations.
