BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Up until taking his case, Bryan Kohberger’s court-appointed public defender was actively representing a parent of one of the four Moscow stabbing victims her client is accused of killing, court records show. Anne Taylor, chief of the Kootenai County Public Defender’s Office, filed an attorney withdrawal notice in Kootenai County Court […]
Panhandle sees strong private placement activity A new Idaho Technology Council report found capital activity in Idaho exceeded $5.2 billion in 2020. North Idaho alone had 10 mergers and acquisitions, 26 private-placement deals, and one public offering last year for a total volume of $164.3 million. The Idaho Technology Council released the data in its 2020 Idaho Deal Flow Report. In total, the number of deals declined slightly to 151 in 2020, compared with 154 such transactions in 2019, but overall volume grew in 2020 to $5.2 billion from $4.42 billion in 2019. M&A activity in Kootenai County included the acquisition of Advanced Market Sales by Integrity Marketing Group in October 2020; the acquisition of Fiberguide Industries Inc. by Molex, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, in December; and Kootenai Health’s acquisition of Interlake Pharmacy, in July.
North Idaho companies saw uptick in investment in ’20 By Amy Edelen, The Spokesman-Review
Published: May 23, 2021, 6:00am
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SPOKANE Kootenai County companies saw an uptick in investment despite the pandemic last year, according to a recent report by the Idaho Technology Council.
The council’s 2020 Idaho Deal Flow report, released last week, tracks private funding, public market transactions and mergers and acquisitions.
North Idaho had 10 company mergers and acquisitions and 26 private investment deals last year totaling $164.3 million, according to the report.
Companies in Kootenai County garnered more than $67.7 million in funding from investors last year.
Ryan Arnold, director of regional entrepreneurial strategy at North Idaho College, said Thursday that 2020 was an interesting year for North Idaho’s business community.