Market Insights

  1. Founders Hosts Social at New Downtown Office

    Last week the Founders Team held our first social of the year at our new downtown office! We broke in the new office Founders’ style with a Crawfish and Shrimp boil. The team enjoyed great food, fellowship, and beautiful weather! We are looking forward to hosting our Founder’s Anniversary Crawfish boil at our new office…

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  2. Founders Advises on the Recapitalization of Flanders Electric Motor Service, Inc.

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Mar 10, 2021) – Founders is pleased to announce that Flanders Electric Motor Service, Inc. (“FLANDERS”), a renowned provider of electric motor repair services and advanced power system technologies to the mining and heavy industrial sectors, has been recapitalized by Center Rock Capital Partners. FLANDERS was advised on the transaction by principals of…

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  3. What is My Early Education Business Worth Following the Pandemic?

    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…

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  4. Healthcare M&A Outlook for 2021

    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…

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  5. Founders’ Industrial Technology 2020 Year in Review

    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…

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  6. Founders Advises 3-GIS on its Sale to SSP Innovations

    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…

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