How I Bought 7 Small Businesses and Had One Exit That Returned a 35x MOIC | Dev Shah Interview
Dev Shah is the founder of Pocket Fund, a HoldCo that has acquired 7 businesses. At just 23, Dev has built a growing portfolio of newsletters, SaaS products, and mobile apps without raising a dime of outside capital. One of his first acquisitions, Sourcely.ai, made 37.5x MOIC.
In this episode, we cover:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:56 - Discovering acquire.com and the first acquisition
00:03:04 - Overview of Pocket Fund's portfolio and team structure
00:10:08 - Building and managing a team in India to run the portfolio
00:11:03 - How he finds operators and builds systems to scale to 20+ companies…
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