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# THE AUSTRALIAN ETA ECOSYSTEM MAP

# Who's who in Australian entrepreneurship through acquisition — searchers, investors, advisors, brokers and the capital that powers the deals.

[Download the 2026 map (PDF)](https://www.searchfundoz.com.au/hubfs/australian-eta-ecosystem-map-2026-v1.pdf?hsLang=en)

## Why this map exists

Australia has no proper database of who is actually in this market. Ask who backs searchers, who advises them, where the deal flow comes from, and you get fragments — a name here, a LinkedIn thread there. This map is a first pass at fixing that.

It is deliberately incomplete. Version 1 is what we could verify from where we sit on the Gold Coast. If you work in this ecosystem and you're not on it, that's exactly the gap we want you to close — submit your listing below and you'll be considered for version 2.

**Submissions close Friday 18 September 2026. Version 2 publishes Monday 28 September 2026.**

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## The map at a glance

### Layer 01 — Investors

- Search Fund Oz
- Fusion Private Capital
- Enduring Investment Partners
- WayFinder Capital
- Family offices

### Layer 02 — Searchers & Operators

- Traditional searchers
- Self-funded searchers
- Partnered searches
- Acquired-CEO operators

### Layer 03 — Education & Programs

- Search Fund Prep School
- Getting Search Ready
- SMEVentures
- INSEAD ETA Hub

### Layer 04 — Advisors & Service Providers

- Greenwich Capital
- Octavian Group
- Accountica
- MBA Lawyers
- NITRE Law

### Layer 05 — Deal Sources & Targets

- Boomer-owned SMEs
- M&A advisors
- Business brokers
- Industry associations

### Layer 06 — Acquisition Capital

- Big-4 banks
- Judo Bank
- Non-bank SME lenders
- Mezzanine providers

*Curated by Search Fund Oz. Illustrative — not exhaustive. The full map with one-line descriptors is in the [2026 PDF](https://www.searchfundoz.com.au/hubfs/australian-eta-ecosystem-map-2026-v1.pdf?hsLang=en).*

Missing or wrong? Corrections and additions to [hello@searchfundoz.com.au](mailto:hello@searchfundoz.com.au).

Submissions close 18 September 2026

## Get on version 2

Submitting takes about two minutes. Here's what happens next:

1. You can download the current map straight away — no waiting, no gate.
2. Your listing goes into the review queue. Every listing is reviewed personally, so it's not instant.
3. If it's a fit, you're published in v2 on **Monday 28 September 2026**, and we email you when you're live.

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