Spyder, with sales surging, looks for buyer, report says

BOULDER ? Boulder?s entrepreneurial skiwear designer and manufacturer Spyder Active Sports Inc. is looking for a buyer or investor, according to media reports.

Neither Laura Wisner, media manager, nor the company?s founder and president, David Jacobs, would comment on the news, which first was reported by The Daily Deal. The New-York based financial paper reported that New York investment banking firm Financo Inc. and Wachovia Securities have been hired by Spyder to find possible buyers.

Jacobs did confirm to The Boulder County Business Report that his company has experienced a surge in revenues, from almost $40 million in fiscal year 2002…