By: Billy Pritchard & Tate Fowler Once full-year data is officially aggregated and reported, it will be no surprise that 2022 will be viewed as a down year for M&A activity across all industries, with private software transactions declining significantly. During the first three quarters of 2022 756 SaaS M&A transactions closed, a ~17% reduction…
By: Wesley Legg In founder or family-owned businesses, it is common for owners to run personal/non-company related revenue or expenses through the business or to expense certain items that would normally be capitalized. While these practices may come in handy during tax season, they can seriously impact a company’s valuation. If you are a business…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (January 18, 2022) – Founders is pleased to announce that certain principals advised Creative MultiCare, Inc. (“Creative”) in its growth investment from Coral Gables-based Trivest Partners LP (“Trivest”), one of the leading U.S. private equity firms with over $2.5 billion of assets under management. Trivest’s strategic growth investment will support Creative’s next phase…
By: Duane Donner The value of a business depends on its ability to generate and sustain returns on invested capital (“ROIC”) and the capacity of the business to grow over time. Therefore, understanding and predicting what drives and sustains ROIC is critical to evaluating investments and business strategies. The ROIC of any company or industry…
By: Wesley Legg A lot of emphasis is put on having the right strategy in business. Strategy is important, but I wonder if we spend too much time talking about vision and fresh ideas and not near enough time on good ole fashion execution. Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War wrote, “Weak leadership will…
BIRMINGHAM, AL (January 10, 2022) – Founders Advisors is pleased to announce that Park Supply, a leading wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies and related building products, has been acquired by CID Capital (“CID”). Park Supply was exclusively advised on the transaction by principals of Founders Advisors. Founded in 1963 with locations in Huntsville and Athens,…