# Search Fund Success Story: From $15M to $200M Through 7 Acquisitions

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Podcast: [Buyers and Builders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buyers-and-builders-7306773)
Published: 2026-01-23T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2489308/episodes/18557784-search-fund-success-story-from-15m-to-200m-through-7-acquisitions.mp3
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## Resource

Mike Markus ( ⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Christa Glassburn about how she joined a search fund, acquired seven companies and scaled revenue from $15 million to $200 million. Snow notes: 0:00 Christa’s $15M to $200M scaling story 2:30 FBI operator lessons 3:37 Jump to a search fund and move to rural Virginia 11:51 First acquisition and integration learning curve 17:28 Culture reset and global expansion via acquisitions 20:05 Post acquisition playbook 23:08 7 total acquisitions a...

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