Birmingham, Ala. (May 12, 2015) – Founders Investment Banking, LLC (“Founders”) is pleased to announce that SmarterServices, LLC has completed a majority recapitalization with Main Line Equity Partners (“Main Line”), a Philadelphia-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market software and technology-enabled companies. SmarterServices is an education technology company based in Alabama that…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 16, 2015) — Founders Investment Banking, LLC today announced that Mike McCraw has joined its firm as managing director of the newly formed Founders Strategic Advisory Practice. After a decade of advising business owners with transactions, Founders has developed vast knowledge and expertise on what makes a company sellable and how a…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 2, 2015) – The Principals of Founders Investment Banking, LLC announce the sale of Timco Services, Inc. (Timco), a leading provider of tubular running services and rental equipment, to Frank’s International N.V. – NYSE: FI (Frank’s). Timco and Frank’s entered into a definitive purchase agreement on March 12, 2015 and the transaction…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 23, 2015) – The Principals of Founders Investment Banking, LLC announce the sale of Eagle Automation Limited (“Eagle”), a leading automation and measurement services provider, to Panhandle Oilfield Services, Inc. (“Panhandle”), an integrated oilfield services company and portfolio company of Argosy Private Equity. Eagle’s management continued with Panhandle and was exclusively advised…
Birmingham, Ala. (February 13, 2015) – Founders Investment Banking, LLC (“Founders”) is pleased to announce that GradesFirst has completed a strategic sale to The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO), a global technology, research, and consulting firm serving the higher education and health care markets. The Advisory Board Company will include GradesFirst’s functionality in the flagship…
John Warrillow is the creator of The Value Builder System and author of Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You as well as The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry. In a recent interview for his latest book, John interviewed Zane Tarence, managing director of Founders’ Software and…