John Gaspar  Managing Partner, Search Fund Founder

Before co-founding Manta Capital, John worked as Director at Deloitte Australia. Professionally he has sought out challenging, merit-based work and has extensive strategic and operational experience. With over 20 years of directly applicable work experience in the automotive industry, John is ideally positioned to lead and grow a middle market business. He started his professional career at KPMG.

John operates with core values centred around people. He believes that by fostering a positive culture, working with integrity and providing visionary leadership, he empowers great people to achieve remarkable results.

John holds Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degrees.

This search fund is an investment vehicle used to obtain commitments from investors interested in making micro middle-market investments. My purpose is to acquire a single privately owned business and become the new CEO, run and grow the business, delivering strong cash flow returns on the road toward a liquidity event for investors. This search fund is a long-term, two-stage investment for which stage one provides funding for the search, and stage two equity and debt financing for the acquisition.