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Hi all - the 2026 Serial Acquirer Conference, co-hosted by Road To Carry and RollUpEurope, was a huge success! 🎉
Alex from RollUpEurope and Edwin from Road To Carry
Thank you to everyone who showed up. It was incredible to meet 160 of you in person.
I’m especially proud of the Roll Up Bootcamp participants who pitched investors during the private morning session. That’s a real step toward building something of your own.
We also heard unfiltered perspectives from an exceptional group of speakers
Bryan Rand (CEO of Rand & Co). On lessons learned from building a $400M revenue HoldCo
Cameron Perkins (Partner at Shore Search). On Shore Capital’s reimagination of search fund investing
Robert Brown & Dan Millen (Co-Founders of Reef Pass Investors). On lessons from public market’s 100-baggers applied to private market HoldCos
Rich Littlehale (Founder of Telos North) and Frankie Costa (CEO of Meridian Fleet Services). On life after Alpine-backed CEO role to pursue long-term HoldCo
Let’s dive into what Alex and I learned!