cemeteries
Online memorials seem to be one of the likeliest winners among potential start-ups in the Death Care space. . . . at least that is what it is looking like from the investment community. According to articles that we link below it appears that over the summer months the Australian based Memories has raised over…
Read MorePark Lawn Corporation, the Toronto, Ontario based funeral home and cemetery consolidator and operator announced 2nd Quarter financial results earlier this month. For the company, revenue increased 8.5% to $88.4 million (US $68.9 m) from last year’s 2nd Quarter revenues of $81.5 million (US $63.59 m). Adjusted EBITDA increased for the same time period to…
Read MoreStoneMor, Inc. the Pennsylvania based operator of cemeteries and funeral homes last week announced a partnership with end-of-life technology support start-up Empathy. Empathy is, as they say, powered by technology and driven by purpose in helping grieving families handle countless tasks following the death of a loved one. The company describes itself as “a service…
Read MoreSince about 2010 I’ve been associated with a couple of non-profit Senior Housing, Home Care, and Hospice businesses, Knute Nelson and Ethos Home Care and Hospice. I’ve chaired both organizations which have a combined revenue of about $60 million. I tell you that only because I try to stay up to date with those industries…
Read MoreLast week Foundation Partners Group issued a press release through Cision PR Newswire that you can read here. The release dealt with some of the company’s ten year history in that it has grown into a company with nearly 160 locations serving over 75,000 families annually. Another thing that the release shouted was that Foundation…
Read MoreI was very fortunate as a youngster because I was schooled on investments and the market by my father. Giving me, what is now termed “financial literacy”, is one of the greatest gifts I have ever received. As a matter of fact, as a board member of a Big Ten institution, I have pushed our…
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