Market Insights

  1. 2016 Founders Year-In-Review

    2016 was a remarkable year of growth for Founders Investment Banking. In addition to expanding the team, Founders opened a new location in Dallas, Texas and launched a new practice group that specializes in the Industrial Technology market. The Industrial Technology practice is led by Gene Bazemore (link to Gene’s bio), an investment banker with…

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  2. Enovation Controls Sell-Side Case Study

    THE TRANSACTION The Principals of Founders Investment Banking served as exclusive financial adviser to Enovation Controls in its divestiture of its Power Controls (PC) and Vehicle Technologies (VT) lines of business to Sun Hydraulics Corporation (NASDAQ: SNHY). Enovation Controls and Sun Hydraulics closed the transaction on December 5, 2016. THE COMPANY Enovation Controls operates in…

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  3. Do You Have a Lifestyle Company?

    By: Mike McCraw A lifestyle company is a business operated with the purpose of providing a level of income or particular lifestyle for its Founder. There is nothing wrong with having a lifestyle company, but the founder/entrepreneur must understand that the “lifestyle company” mentality does not fully align with building enterprise value or creation of…

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  4. Valuing a Lead Generation Business

    By: Brad Johnson In today’s digital economy, the ability to identify a target audience, communicate the right message, and convert prospects to customers is critical to any business. The rate at which advertising dollars are shifting to performance-based marketing models is well published (and increasing); while many factors are driving this trend, improved technologies coupled…

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  5. Founders Leads Growth Equity Investment for SaaS Company

    The Principals of Founders Investment Banking recently advised the shareholders of TicketBiscuit in its growth equity investment from Ballast Point Ventures. TicketBiscuit is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides ticketing solutions across multiple verticals. The company’s scalable software enables its clients to ticket events from 10 to 10,000+ people, providing world-class support for both event promoters…

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  6. How Are SaaS Companies Valued?

    By: Chris Weingartner One of the most common questions we get asked is how to value software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses. Often times these companies are not currently in a phase in their life cycle where they’re generating significant cash flow and can be valued based on traditional multiple (EBITDA, Price/Earnings) methodologies. These companies generally are investing…

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