We provide our clients with a high level of customer service, personal attention and focus. Throughout our careers, our team of professionals has been involved in a myriad of corporate finance engagements representing over $2.0 billion in total transaction value.
Sell-Side Advisory Services
TriNovus - Strategic Sale
Founded in 2009, TriNovus is a Birmingham, Alabama-based company focused primarily on the provision of SaaS compliance solutions and core processing to financial institutions. Additionally, the company also provides technology addressing social media monitoring, stress testing, vendor management, distressed assets, fraud, security, and more. They have been strategically acquired by Temenos Group AG (SIX: TEMN), a global provider of banking software systems headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Spartan Energy Services - Recapitalization
Spartan Energy Services, based in Lafayette, La., is an oilfield services business providing downhole thru tubing, fishing and flow control services to the major shale markets throughout North America. Spartan has exhibited remarkable growth while building one of the strongest reputations for quality and service in its industry sector
Student Life - Full Strategic Exit
Founders Investment Banking is pleased to announce the acquisition of Student Life, LLC by LifeWay Christian Resources, a non-profit agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. The combined venture creates on of the most significant youth event ministries in America.
Health Information Designs - Recapitalization
Headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, Health Information Designs has developed a large client base over its 30-year history and is proud to be the most experienced and qualified provider of drug utilization review and pharmacy support services in the country. They provide drug utilization review, prior authorization, prescription drug monitoring and related clinical support services for clients in 26 states.
Net Direct Merchants - Private Equity Investment
Headquartered in Florence, Alabama, Net Direct Merchants operates in the ecommerce channel to market high-quality products to consumers and professionals via their specialized and niche web properties.
Student Life - Business Unit Divestiture
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Student Life is a Christian events and publishing business that offers events in a variety of formats including youth/missions, beach/resort, kids camps, and conferences and publishes Bible studies, devotionals, and other materials to support them.
Family Comfort Hospice, LLC - Strategic Sale
Based in Birmingham, Alabama, FCH has developed a strong reputation for providing high quality, end-of-life care to patients and their families in Alabama with a focus on the Birmingham MSA. In a relatively short period of time, FCH expanded to three locations around central Alabama and has developed an extensive referral network and meaningful census.
MMAJunkie.com - Strategic Sale
Founded in 2007, MMAjunkie.com is one of the world’s leading multimedia outlets for the rapidly growing sport of mixed martial arts, delivering content through web, television, online radio and mobile platforms. The site is widely recognized as the most credible source for up-to-date MMA news, having won Best Media Source at the World MMA Awards the past three years.
ConsumerismCommentary.com - Strategic Sale
ConsumerismCommentary.com is one of the pioneers of the online personal finance publishing space and the site has grown to become arguably the largest and most well-known independently-owned personal finance blog on the Web. The site offers a deep archive of free-of-charge articles, reviews, and educational resources covering a wide range of personal finance-related topics. Consumerism Commentary has received mention in numerous television, print, and radio media including Yahoo! Finance, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, Kiplinger's, BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, MSN Money, and Newsweek.
GetRichSlowly.org - Strategic Sale
This leading online personal finance blog was started in 2005 and now attracts over 500k+ unique visitors per month. Publishing a wide range of personal finance-oriented content, this website ranks near the top for numerous highly competitive keywords and has established itself as one of the premier blogs in this particular online niche.
Frugaltravelguy.com - Strategic Sale
Formerly headquartered in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, FrugalTravelGuy.com was founded in 2007 by Rick Ingersoll, a retired mortgage banker and avid world traveler, as a means of sharing his own “travel hacking” tips and techniques to help other travelers travel the world at rock-bottom prices.
AboutAirportParking.com - Strategic Sale
Launched in 2006, AboutAirportParking.com is a leading online resource providing air travelers with up-to-date parking information on more than 400 airport parking lots across the world. By offering detailed descriptions of lots at nearly 150 airports, the site has become one of the top pre-flight consumer travel tools on the Web.
Bargaineering.com - Strategic Sale
Created in December 2004, Bargaineering.com has grown to become one of the largest personal finance blogs on the Web. It offers free-of-charge articles, reviews, and online tools & calculators related to a wide range of personal finance-related topics. For its success, the site has received mention in numerous television, print, and radio media including The New York Times, BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, ABC News,SmartMoney, and American Public Media Marketplace.
ElderCareLink.com - Strategic Sale
Providing free referral services to consumers, this site specializes in eldercare and the idenification & matching of cases for elders and their families. Providing information on a multitude of services, including assisted living, nursing homes, private nursing care management, homecare, and adult day care, this site has become one of the premier eldercare information sites on the web.
FiveCentNickel.com - Strategic Sale
Created in 2005, this site is one of the largest and oldest personal blogs on the web. With a tremendous wealth of archived, original, topical, search-engine friendly content, the site averages nearly 220k+ unique visitors per month. This site’s content covers a wide range of financial topics including banking, credit cards, saving & investing, taxes, frugality, and many others.
NetbookReviews.com - Strategic Sale
Formally headquartered in Seattle, Washington, NetbookReviews.com has become one of the leading review and information websites within the growing mobile computing consumer niche of netbook computers. Ranking well for a range of key terms, the site provides in-depth product reviews on the latest netbook models.
Portfolio of Trucking Employment Sites - Strategic Sale
Since 1999 Vertical Alliance Group has been offering online training, information solutions and support services for businesses of all sizes and types. Privately held, Vertical Alliance Group has the ability to support any "vertical" market or department within a company with unbiased presentation.
Vasectomy.com - Strategic Sale
A leading online destination for information-seeking healthcare consumers, this website created a unique forum to match decision-ready patients with physician providers. The site’s panel of experts has produced a bank of high-quality proprietary content that provides answers to questions regarding specific health-related topics.
Spartan Flow Control - Formation and Capitalization
Spartan Energy is a growth-focused energy services company serving the major oil and natural gas markets in North America.
Rea Brothers Mid-South Auction - Strategic Sale
Rea Brothers Mid-South Auction is a Jackson, Mississippi-based auto/vehicle auction that in addition to its core auction function, provides a full complement of automotive remarketing services, including reconditioning, repair, and transportation.
ActekSoft - Strategic Sale
Based in Birmingham, Alabama, ActekSoft delivers commission, incentive compensation, and compliance software solutions for complex selling environments primarily in the insurance and general healthcare payer markets.
Walpar Inc. - Recapitalization
Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Walpar is a leading designer and fabricator of highway signage structures and other highly-engineered, large-scale fabricated metal structures.
Bankaholic.com - Strategic Sale
Bankaholic.com provides rate information on savings products, such as certificates of deposit, savings accounts, and money market accounts, as well as insurance quotes and a comparison of credit card offers.
NursingJobs.org - Strategic Sale
NursingJobs.org is the pre-eminent online nursing employment destination, serving over 100,000 unique visitors each month.
CreditorWeb.com - Strategic Sale
CreditorWeb.com is a leading credit card comparison site that empowers consumers to easily find and review the best credit card offers based on each consumers particular needs and specifications.
Chandler May - Recapitalization
The shareholders for Chandler/May, a manufacturer and assembler of high value-added products for the aerospace & defense industry, consummated a recapitalization with Arlington Capital Partners (Washington D.C.) to provide significant liquidity for the shareholders.
Factory Connection - Recapitalization
The shareholders for Factory Connection, a 180+ location retail apparel chain with units throughout the Southeast, completed a recapitalization with Alpha Capital (Chicago) in order to provide significant liquidity for its owners and raise capital for growth.
Guntersville Fabrication and Sprinkler - Strategic Sale
The shareholders of Guntersville Fabrication & Sprinkler, a manufacturer of fire suppression systems, sold their operations to Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, one of the industry-leading fire protection solution providers who is consolidating operations across North America.
American Firewear - Strategic Sale
American Firewear was acquired by Norcross Safety Products, premier manufacturer and marketer of head-to-toe protective equipment for the Fire Service, Utility, Industrial Safety and Agricultural markets, pursuant to Norcross' strategy to consolidate best of breed brands across the industry.
Friedman's Jewelers - Secondary Offering
Friedman's, a publicly-held jewelry retailer, completed a secondary equity offering to secure capital for debt repayment and for financing of future acquisitions.
Tornado Thru Tubing Services, Inc. - Strategic Sale
Tornado Thru Tubing Services, which provides field services to oil & gas drilling operators, was acquired by STS, a division of Oil States International, as part of their corporate strategy to consolidate market share and provide comprehensive service offerings to their clients.
Moultrie Feeders - Strategic Sale
Moultrie Feeders, a manufacturer and producer of wild game hunting products & accessories, was sold to EBSCO Industries, a privately held holding company that is ranked in the top 200 of all US-based private companies.
Lafayette Workboat Rentals - Recapitalization
Lafayette Workboat Rentals, a provider of workboat and tugboat charters for the oil & gas and inland marine transporation markets completed a majority recapitalization to fund the growth and buildout of its new fleet.
Kenexa Prove It - Strategic Sale
ProveIt.com, a web-based skill assessment firm, completed a purchase of a software asset from a joint venture with entity.
Virtual Learning - Strategic Sale
VLT, a testing & assessment software firm, completed an asset sale to a publicly traded strategic buyer.
Martin Hearth and Heating - Strategic Sale
Martin Hearth & Heating, a manufacturer of gas heating appliances, premium gas and wood-burning fireplaces and gas logs, divested its Broilmaster premium barbeque grill division.
Dumas Manufacturing - Strategic Sale
Harbert Management Co. divested its portfolio company, Dumas Manufacturing, a manufacturer of specialty furniture.
Poplearning.com - Strategic Sale
Poplearning.com, a web-based assessment firm, completed an asset sale to a strategic purchaser.
