Middle market companies typically go through cycles that require business owners to make decisions involving capital structure. These decisions can vary: 1) a desire to restructure a high debt service burden holding the company back 2) the opportunity to make needed investments to pursue growth opportunities or 3) buy out partners, to name a few. …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 6, 2017) – Founders Investment Banking, LLC is pleased to announce that its principals served as the exclusive financial advisor to Circle 8 Crane Services in its recapitalization by Trive Capital, the Dallas-based private investment firm. Circle 8 is a leading provider of operated and maintained crane lifting services to the oil…
BIRMINGHAM, AL, February 2, 2017 – Founders Investment Banking, LLC is pleased to announce that Schauenburg Group, a prominent family-owned holding company in Germany, has acquired the assets of Occupational Health Dynamics, Inc. (OHD) of Birmingham, AL. OHD was exclusively advised by principals of Founders Investment Banking. OHD provides industrial hygiene instrumentation and services to…
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…
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…
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…