Most PE funds pick a sector then hunt for companies. Strada Partners flipped it: they back the team first, then build the roll-up.

Nicholas De Poorter (investment team, Strada Partners) joins Dylan to break down how a Belgian PE fund runs 15 buy-and-build platforms across Europe.

Topics covered:

• Why Strada backs teams with a thesis, not deals

• Lighthouse deals vs carpet bombing on the first acquisition

• Deal structures: equity, rollover, vendor loans and the earnout trap

• The two-bucket AI framework and inverting the AI-native roll-up

RolyPoly is the podcast about all things roll-up. New episodes every Tuesday.

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