Author Archive

Kahla Cooper

Read more about the author

FOCUS Investment Banking Named #1 Lower Middle Market M&A Advisor In Q2 2023​

Washington, DC, (July 27, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”) a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is thrilled to announce its exceptional achievement of being named #1 on Axial’s second quarter 2023 lower middle market investment bank league table. This prestigious recognition comes as a testament …

FOCUS Investment Banking Named a Top Industrial Industry M&A Advisor

Washington, DC, (June 19, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrial industry. FOCUS was named to Axial’s ranking of the Top 50 lower middle market M&A advisors and private equity …

FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Professional Computing Resources in its Sale to Valsoft

Washington, DC, (March 30, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that the assets of Professional Computing Resources (“PCR”), a leading developer of software solutions serving enterprise IT departments, has been acquired by Valsoft Corporation, Inc. (“Valsoft”), a Montreal-based company specializing in the acquisition and development of software companies in vertical markets. This will mark Valsoft’s entry into the IT service and asset management (ITSM/ITAM) space. FOCUS represented PCR in this transaction.

FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Funder America, Inc. in its Sale to Genesis Products, LLC

Washington, DC, (March 14, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Funder America, Inc. (“Funder”), one of the oldest, largest and most diversified TFL panel and component manufacturers in North America with 50 years of experience, has been acquired by Genesis Products, LLC (“Genesis”). FOCUS represented Funder in this transaction.

FOCUS Investment Banking Advises DS Tech in its sale to New Charter Technologies

Washington, DC, (February 17, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”),  a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that DS Tech, a managed IT service provider based in Escanaba, Michigan, has been acquired by New Charter Technologies, a portfolio company of Palo Alto-based private …

FOCUS Investment Banking Advises ProVelocity in its Merger with IronEdge and Recapitalization with The Riverside Company

Washington, DC, (February 13, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”),  a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that The Riverside Company (“Riverside”), a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has merged ProVelocity, a long-standing managed IT solutions provider …

tire with words

FOCUS Managing Director Michael McGregor Releases a New Edition of his Book, Buy, Build, Fix, Sell

Washington, DC, (February 13, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”),  a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing M&A services, is pleased to announce that Michael McGregor, Managing Director, has released the second edition of his book, Buy, Build, Fix, Sell. The new edition, written to help tire & service dealers build better businesses, …

Queen Consulting Group Case Study

Queen Consulting Group (“Queen”), a nationally recognized IT staffing and consulting company specializing in healthcare and pharmaceutical IT, Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system implementations, financial services, and niche technical recruiting, has been acquired by Talent Group, a leading national IT staffing company. FOCUS represented Queen in this transaction. This case study highlights the unique …

Supply Chain Technology and Logistics Index – Second Half 2022

In our Second Half 2022 report we discuss some of the major trends we are seeing in the market, and report on the M&A activity in the overall Supply Chain market. As before, we focus our public company analysis on the Supply Chain Technology and Supply Chain Logistics companies featuring key participants in each sector. Also, included is the list of 283 North American Supply Chain M&A transactions that have taken place since mid-2022.