Birmingham, Ala. (August 14, 2025) – Founders is pleased to announce that certain principals of Founders Advisors, LLC advised Tusco Inc. (“Tusco”) in its sale to Perimeter Solutions Group (“PSG”), a portfolio company of Bertram Capital (“Bertram”). The transaction closed July 31, 2025.

Founded in 1974, Tusco is a leading installer of high security perimeter products ranging from barriers, gates, and bollards to video surveillance and access control systems. Headquartered in Cottondale, AL, the Company has expanded its geographic footprint to address customers nationwide across industrial, commercial, and government sectors.

Brent Martina, President of Tusco, stated, “We are thrilled with the outcome and our new partnership with Perimeter Solutions Group. We greatly appreciate the Founders team and their guidance in helping us navigate each step of the transaction process. Their experience in the industry was key to finding the right partner for our next stage of growth.”

“Working with Tusco has been a nothing short of a fantastic experience. The team has built a highly sophisticated business, and it was a pleasure to join them in finding a relationship that aligns with the Company’s future goals and objectives. We are excited about the newfound partnership and look forward to seeing a continuation of Tusco’s impressive history in the years to come,” said John Sullivan, Managing Director at Founders Advisors.

About Perimeter Solutions Group

PSG supports its customers throughout the US from eleven physical locations. The company provides permanent and rental fencing, gate and access control solutions, physical and electronic security, as well as service and maintenance, to commercial, industrial and government customers. PSG is trusted by its customers as the preferred national provider of advanced perimeter security solutions for a diverse range of projects, sites and end markets. PSG serves developers, owners and managers of multi-family, industrial, office, retail, stadiums, parks, medical, data center, government and renewable energy sites.

About Bertram Capital

Bertram Capital is a private equity firm targeting investments in lower middle market companies. Since its inception in 2006, the firm has raised over $4.0 billion in capital commitments. In addition to supplying strategic growth capital, Bertram Capital seeks to leverage proprietary processes and services, Bertram High-5^sm and Bertram Labs, to empower its portfolio companies to unlock their full business potential.

The Bertram High-5^sm is an operationally-focused value creation strategy, which includes management augmentation, operational initiative implementation, complementary business acquisition, sales and marketing improvements, and leveraging technology and IP. The cornerstone of this strategy is Bertram Labs, its in-house technology team, which aims to drive growth and value through digital marketing, e-commerce, big data and analytics, application development, and internal and external platform optimization.

About Founders Advisors

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