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…
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…
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…
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…
This edition of the Founders Advisors Multi-Unit market update includes: Market commentary Leading indicator trends Public valuation metrics by sector for consumer services businesses, as well as KPI benchmarks
By: Chris Weingartner There is perhaps no industry being transformed more rapidly than IT Services and Managed Service Providers. Several private equity groups have planted their flags with investments in large platforms and are almost universally executing on a strategy to identify complimentary add-on acquisition targets. As a result, MSP owners and operators are receiving tidal waves…