We are a management buyout team. We believe that management buyouts are excellent risk capital investments for Institutional Investors, Management, Sellers, Employees and Lenders.
We acquire small companies with sales up to one hundred twenty-five million with:
Proven Management,
Clearly identified growth potential,
An established record of earnings and cash flow,
Solid financial condition,
A rational business concept and strategic plan, and
A well-defined market niche.
Building on this base and unleashing the entrepreneurial drive of a highly motivated and well incentivized Management Team, we increase potential for earnings growth. Achieving earnings growth maximizes Return on Investment. We are straightforward. In an arena of large promise and larger promises, we are direct, we are thorough, and we honor our commitments.
History
Founders Court began operations in Philadelphia in 1981 as a management buyout partnership. Since 1981, Founders Court has invested eighty two million in thirteen primary investments and sixty-five million follow-on investments since 1982 and has returned one hundred ten million to investors. Founders Court movedits operation to the Princeton area in the mid 1980’s. Founders Court takes it name from the London address of Brown Shipley & Co., an early sponsor.
Above is the entrance to Brown Shipley from which the name Founders Court is derived.
