Founders Equity

Since 1969, Founders Equity has been actively engaged in private equity investing and in assisting the growth of small to mid-cap enterprises. We’ve initiated acquisition programs, restructured businesses, raised debt and equity in private placements and public offerings, and realized liquidity to maximize value, both as pro-active investors and as corporate executives. Our principals have had significant operating experience and strive to be value-added partners with entrepreneurial owners and management teams. We focus on recapitalizations or buyouts of established businesses, management teams pursuing an acquisition growth strategy, and later-stage growth equity investments. We are acutely aware of the risks inherent in smaller businesses, the critical importance of developing management depth, and the additional support that companies require to achieve success. Therefore, we are proactive in considering investment opportunities, and we maintain that posture throughout the term of our relationship with the companies we’ve invested in. During the entire process, we strive to be thorough, diligent, and rigorous in our approach, and simultaneously, we encourage management to be inventive and to challenge convention.