[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @TheDealMakerGuy InvestorFromEurope InvestorFromEurope posts on X about poland, lamborghini, upside, ladder the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1460905100474519552/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXX +52% - X Months XXXXXXX +125% - X Year XXXXXXX +120% ### Mentions: X [#](/creator/twitter::1460905100474519552/posts_active)  - X Week X -XX% - X Month XX -XX% - X Months XXX +8% - X Year XXX +116% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1460905100474519552/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +1.30% - X Month XXXXX +22% - X Months XXXXX +68% - X Year XXXXX +136% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1460905100474519552/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1460905100474519552/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% [currencies](/list/currencies) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [poland](/topic/poland) #428, [lamborghini](/topic/lamborghini) 1.27%, [upside](/topic/upside) 1.27%, [ladder](/topic/ladder) 1.27%, [$350k](/topic/$350k) 1.27%, [$600k](/topic/$600k) 1.27%, [$5m](/topic/$5m) 1.27%, [cash flow](/topic/cash-flow) 1.27%, [compounded](/topic/compounded) 1.27%, [a very](/topic/a-very) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@privatequityguy](/creator/undefined) [@holisticpm](/creator/undefined) [@restructuring](/creator/undefined) [@boringbiz](/creator/undefined) [@olensrud](/creator/undefined) [@hoftman](/creator/undefined) [@robertmsterling](/creator/undefined) [@krys_aug](/creator/undefined) [@niklassavas](/creator/undefined) [@investinglaw](/creator/undefined) [@bowtiedbull](/creator/undefined) [@mikebotkin](/creator/undefined) [@inpostuk](/creator/undefined) [@girdley](/creator/undefined) [@beehiiv](/creator/undefined) [@mrfamilyoffice](/creator/undefined) [@maxkatzenstein](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@peoperator](/creator/undefined) [@joincolossus](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Hundred Million (100M)](/topic/$100m) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1460905100474519552/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Why its so attractive For many its like jumping straight from an MBA into the drivers seat of a Lamborghini. You skip the corporate ladder and get to own and operate a real business with meaningful upside. For investors search funds have been one of the best-performing PE asset classes consistently outperforming traditional buyout funds for over a decade. And the model hasnt really changed in 30+ years -which says a lot" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1979234986977870272) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2052 followers, XXX engagements "Step by step: How a traditional search fund works: X Raise search capital Aspiring entrepreneurs (often MBAs or ex-consultants) raise $350K$600K from investors to fund up to X years of searching. X Find the target They look for small stable lower middle market businesses - typically $1$5M EBITDA and strong cash flow. X Investor first right of refusal Once a company is found the original investors get the first right of refusal to fund the acquisition. X The economics The searcher earns up to XX% equity in the acquired business: XXX% at close XXX% over time (vesting) XXX% upon hitting investor" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1979234984591343829) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2055 followers, XXX engagements "Whats next X Will traditional search models evolve into hybrids X Will more operators go self-funded for control and better economics X Will investor terms shift to attract talent beyond elite MBAs" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1979234991792922865) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2054 followers, XXX engagements "This is a banger of a thread. The playbooks of Lifco Lagercrantz and Addlife show how serial acquirers compound for decades. Here are the key lessons - and what Poland can learn to build its own next generation of champions. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1963943811140276596) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-09-05T12:34Z 2054 followers, 2435 engagements "@privatWealthGuy so an IB/PE model where the work of a young analyst has to go through middle/more senior management before it goes out to the client" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1978472151054213308) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-15T14:44Z 2054 followers, XX engagements "Final thought Search funds are still early in Europe - and very early in CEE. But the fundamentals are here: - A massive wave of succession-driven SMEs - Skilled operators looking for ownership - Investors chasing real cash-flowing assets If the US is the benchmark Poland today looks a lot like America XX years ago. And thats a very exciting place to be" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1979234993629966666) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2055 followers, XXX engagements "The private equity shakeout is real. Investors only back managers with real liquidity and real performance - high DPI (cash returned to investors) is the divider. Funds that cant return cash are turning into zombies: teams shrinking no new raises just managing the wind-down. The old PE playbook of financial engineering and passive board seats is dead. If you want to survive you need operational edge - value creation through buy-and-builds integration and execution. Alpha now lives in operations not spreadsheets. (And yes Ive been saying this for a while.)" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1976669357745881353) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-10T15:21Z 2053 followers, 5929 engagements "The American perspective According to Stanford XXX search funds have been formed in North America since 1984. XX new search funds launched in 2023 - a record year. Median deal size: $14.4M Median valuation: X EBITDA Median EBITDA at purchase: $2.2M IRR (all funds): XXXX% ROI XXX exited IRR XXXX% Despite that its still early with 200000 US businesses between $10$100M in revenue and only XX search funds launched last year. Huge blue ocean ahead" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1979234989926429127) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2053 followers, XXX engagements "*WEEKEND READ* A Polish arm of Carrefour to be nationalised At first glance it sounds absurd - something out of the 1980s. But this time it might actually make sense. Carrefour the French retail giant with nearly XXX stores in Poland is reportedly up for sale (valued at 2bn) after years of weak profitability. One Polish MP has proposed that the state-owned conglomerate buys it. Critics call it nationalisation. Supporters call it strategy. Polands food system is dominated by a handful of global retail chains that dictate prices to farmers and processors. Local producers are squeezed out before" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1979519556822630690) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-18T12:06Z 2053 followers, 7424 engagements "@elerianm I wouldn't agree with classifying Poland and Czechia as emerging markets though" [X Link](https://x.com/TheDealMakerGuy/status/1980009229722276233) [@TheDealMakerGuy](/creator/x/TheDealMakerGuy) 2025-10-19T20:32Z 2052 followers, 1452 engagements
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InvestorFromEurope posts on X about poland, lamborghini, upside, ladder the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Social category influence finance XXXX% countries XXXX% luxury brands XXXX% automotive brands XXXX% currencies XXXX%
Social topic influence poland #428, lamborghini 1.27%, upside 1.27%, ladder 1.27%, $350k 1.27%, $600k 1.27%, $5m 1.27%, cash flow 1.27%, compounded 1.27%, a very XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @privatequityguy @holisticpm @restructuring @boringbiz @olensrud @hoftman @robertmsterling @krys_aug @niklassavas @investinglaw @bowtiedbull @mikebotkin @inpostuk @girdley @beehiiv @mrfamilyoffice @maxkatzenstein @grok @peoperator @joincolossus
Top assets mentioned Hundred Million (100M)
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Why its so attractive For many its like jumping straight from an MBA into the drivers seat of a Lamborghini. You skip the corporate ladder and get to own and operate a real business with meaningful upside. For investors search funds have been one of the best-performing PE asset classes consistently outperforming traditional buyout funds for over a decade. And the model hasnt really changed in 30+ years -which says a lot"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2052 followers, XXX engagements
"Step by step: How a traditional search fund works: X Raise search capital Aspiring entrepreneurs (often MBAs or ex-consultants) raise $350K$600K from investors to fund up to X years of searching. X Find the target They look for small stable lower middle market businesses - typically $1$5M EBITDA and strong cash flow. X Investor first right of refusal Once a company is found the original investors get the first right of refusal to fund the acquisition. X The economics The searcher earns up to XX% equity in the acquired business: XXX% at close XXX% over time (vesting) XXX% upon hitting investor"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2055 followers, XXX engagements
"Whats next X Will traditional search models evolve into hybrids X Will more operators go self-funded for control and better economics X Will investor terms shift to attract talent beyond elite MBAs"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2054 followers, XXX engagements
"This is a banger of a thread. The playbooks of Lifco Lagercrantz and Addlife show how serial acquirers compound for decades. Here are the key lessons - and what Poland can learn to build its own next generation of champions. 🧵"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-09-05T12:34Z 2054 followers, 2435 engagements
"@privatWealthGuy so an IB/PE model where the work of a young analyst has to go through middle/more senior management before it goes out to the client"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-15T14:44Z 2054 followers, XX engagements
"Final thought Search funds are still early in Europe - and very early in CEE. But the fundamentals are here: - A massive wave of succession-driven SMEs - Skilled operators looking for ownership - Investors chasing real cash-flowing assets If the US is the benchmark Poland today looks a lot like America XX years ago. And thats a very exciting place to be"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2055 followers, XXX engagements
"The private equity shakeout is real. Investors only back managers with real liquidity and real performance - high DPI (cash returned to investors) is the divider. Funds that cant return cash are turning into zombies: teams shrinking no new raises just managing the wind-down. The old PE playbook of financial engineering and passive board seats is dead. If you want to survive you need operational edge - value creation through buy-and-builds integration and execution. Alpha now lives in operations not spreadsheets. (And yes Ive been saying this for a while.)"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-10T15:21Z 2053 followers, 5929 engagements
"The American perspective According to Stanford XXX search funds have been formed in North America since 1984. XX new search funds launched in 2023 - a record year. Median deal size: $14.4M Median valuation: X EBITDA Median EBITDA at purchase: $2.2M IRR (all funds): XXXX% ROI XXX exited IRR XXXX% Despite that its still early with 200000 US businesses between $10$100M in revenue and only XX search funds launched last year. Huge blue ocean ahead"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-17T17:16Z 2053 followers, XXX engagements
"WEEKEND READ A Polish arm of Carrefour to be nationalised At first glance it sounds absurd - something out of the 1980s. But this time it might actually make sense. Carrefour the French retail giant with nearly XXX stores in Poland is reportedly up for sale (valued at 2bn) after years of weak profitability. One Polish MP has proposed that the state-owned conglomerate buys it. Critics call it nationalisation. Supporters call it strategy. Polands food system is dominated by a handful of global retail chains that dictate prices to farmers and processors. Local producers are squeezed out before"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-18T12:06Z 2053 followers, 7424 engagements
"@elerianm I wouldn't agree with classifying Poland and Czechia as emerging markets though"
X Link @TheDealMakerGuy 2025-10-19T20:32Z 2052 followers, 1452 engagements
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