How to Model an Investor-Backed Search Acquisition

Tim Ericson breaks down how to model an investor-backed search acquisition, from deal inputs to scenarios.

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

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This is part 2 to our recent webinar Investor-Backed Search and SBA: Buy Bigger, Keep Control.

In this session, Tim Ericson walks us through a financial model, row by row.

You’ll learn:

How pref rate, interest rate, step-up, debt, and equity all work together
How to import your own deal into the model
How to create a base case, bear case, and bull case.
Sensitivity analysis (what happens to your acquisition if revenue declines 20%?)

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