The early childhood education market has experienced an unprecedented disruption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationwide lockdowns and stay at home orders disrupted the country and led to the closure of many businesses. Early education business were among the hardest hit initially. With many states mandating school and other business closings across the board, early…
Healthcare M&A activity continued to build on the strong momentum from Q3 as the year concluded with the largest Q4 in both deal volume and value in the past six years. Deals that had been impacted by COVID-19 saw a concerted effort to close ahead of any potential changes to taxation policies. While several of…
In this edition of Founders’ Industrial Technology Year in Review, we discuss some of the activity and trends that defined 2020 for Industrial Technology companies. We take a look at transaction activity trends, highlighted deals, and history trading multiples by subsector. In a year marked by uncertainty, we’re grateful for our team, clients, and the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb 1, 2021) – Founders Advisors is pleased to announce that SSP Innovations, a portfolio company of Warren Equity Partners, has acquired 3-GIS, LLC (“3-GIS”), a leading provider of fiber network management software focused on serving customers in the telecommunications industry. The transaction closed on December 23, 2020. Launched in 2006 by a…
DALLAS, TX (Jan. 27, 2021) – Founders Advisors is pleased to announce that Impact Floors (“Impact”) received an equity investment from Blue Sage Capital on December 31, 2020. Impact was exclusively advised by principals of Founders Advisors. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Impact is a leading provider of quick-turn replacement services to multifamily owners and operators…
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Founders team invested in their local community by painting a pavilion, renovating a classroom, and serving over 200 meals at the nearby Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center. The Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center is a city of Birmingham facility that provides activities and programs in arts,…