Market Insights

  1. Oil & Gas Offshore Outlook

    By: Joe Brady The offshore O&G industry has been more resilient to the industry downturn than its onshore counterpart, thanks in part to inherent differences in market fundamentals. Recent reports have also indicated that the offshore O&G industry may be better positioned for a long term recovery in oil prices as well. However, offshore activity…

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  2. Does Your Company Have A Moat?

    By: Wesley Legg, COO, Founder Investment Banking Moats are often water filled ditches around castles and other fortified structures creating obstacles for would be attackers. Moats make it difficult for those wanting to siege the protected structure, both thwarting attacks from the ground and preventing the practice of mining, digging tunnels under the castle to…

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  3. SmarterServices Completes Majority Recapitalization with Main Line Equity Partners

    Birmingham, Ala. (May 12, 2015) – Founders Investment Banking, LLC (“Founders”) is pleased to announce that SmarterServices, LLC has completed a majority recapitalization with Main Line Equity Partners (“Main Line”), a Philadelphia-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market software and technology-enabled companies. SmarterServices is an education technology company based in Alabama that…

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