By: Wesley Legg According to Capital IQ and Founders proprietary sources, there were an estimated 35 transactions involving Alabama companies completed in the fourth quarter of 2017, a decrease of 46% versus the same quarter in the previous year. Overall, M&A and private placement activity was down 15% year over year. Most of the transactions…
THE TRANSACTION: The Principals of Founders Investment Banking advised the shareholders of Ion Interactive in its strategic sale to ScribbleLive. THE COMPANY: Ion Interactive offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution and value-added services to enterprise marketers. The company’s solution empowers marketers to generate, qualify, and deeply profile leads using differentiated and highly relevant interactive content experiences,…
Each year the Founders team comes together to reflect on the prior year and look forward in the upcoming year. During this time we celebrate achievements of the firm and our clients. This year Founders board member and friend of the firm, Richard Simmons, joined the Kick-Off spoke to the team on “The Power of…
Founders experienced another exciting and fulfilling year. In addition to expanding the team and changing the firm name to better reflect the firm’s vision, the firm had a record year, with principals of the firm advising on sixteen transactions in 2017. Founders also launched a new practice group specializing in the healthcare market. The Healthcare…
Guest article by Paul Sparks, retired Senior Vice President of Resource Development at Energen and Founders Energy & Industrials Board Member. This article was originally published on December 14, 2017. I don’t espouse to have a crystal ball on the topic of E&P industry consolidation. But after many conversations with others in the business, I do…
The Founders team enjoyed attending and hosting friends of the firm at John Maxwell Live 2017 at the Church of the Highlands Grants Mill Campus. Over 2000 business owners and community leaders attended the event where Maxwell shared content from his new book, “No Limits” Blow the Cap Off Your Capacity. Founders was a Level…