Market Insights

  1. Founders Summer Serve Day 2022

    Founders Advisors Team Members volunteered their time and efforts last month to serve Cornerstone Elementary School. Cornerstone is a non-profit, K4-12 Christian school for inner-city students of Birmingham. Founded in 1982, the school was established to prevent the cycle of poverty by providing a world-class education to students with no school choice. Their mission has…

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  2. Founders Advises Hawk Analytics on its Sale to LeadsOnline

    BIRMINGHAM, AL (August 4, 2022) – Founders is pleased to announce that LeadsOnline has acquired Hawk Analytics. Founded in 2013, Hawk Analytics is a provider of mapping and analytics technology built for law enforcement. The company’s flagship product, CellHawk, is currently used by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the United States to…

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  3. Founders 2022 Family Lake Day

    Last Saturday, our Annual Founders Family Lake Day was held at Lake Martin. The Founders team, along with their families and a few friends of the firm, enjoyed a beautiful day on the water filled with good food and fellowship. As in years past, several of our analysts were brave enough to take a leap…

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  4. Physician Practice Valuations, Amazon and Value-Based Care

    By: Michael White Amazon has taken another step towards its goal of reinventing health care with the recent announcement of its acquisition of One Medical.  Amazon announced the $3.9 billion acquisition on July 21, 2022 and it follows a spate of acquisitions and announcements beginning in 2017 related to their interest in healthcare. One Medical, a…

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  5. Founders Advises Raney’s in its Recapitalization by Incline Equity Partners

    BIRMINGHAM, AL (July 7, 2022) – Founders is pleased to announce that Raney’s, Inc. (“Raney’s”), a leading e-commerce distributor of heavy-duty truck parts and accessories, has been recapitalized by Incline Equity Partners (“Incline”). Raney’s was advised exclusively on the transaction by principals of Founders Advisors. Raney’s was founded in 2012 as a niche e-commerce distributor…

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  6. Multi-Unit Community Buzz: Q2 2022

    Multi-Unit Buzz: Despite Soaring Inflation, Buyers & Sellers Remain Active “It’s a once-in-a-century experience with a different economy than it was a century ago. There’s just no road map.”–Diane Swonk, Chief Economist at Grant Thornton “We’re in a really difficult position, because we don’t have successful precedents for having an economy this red hot in…

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