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San Francisco’s Gryphon Investors is seeking a buyer for Smile Brands, one of the largest dental support organizations in the country, according to people familiar with the matter. Deal books were recently distributed, with first-round bids from potential buyers due later this month, the people said. Moelis is conducting the sales process for Irvine, California-based […]

As the environment turns more uncertain, some private equity firms are targeting companies that they consider resistant to downturns because of the product or service they provide. Huron Capital, based in Detroit, Michigan, is pursuing such a strategy. The firm is looking for more add-on acquisitions in facility services to build up its three existing […]

Warburg Pincus put software analytics company Accelya on the block, people familiar with the company told Buyouts. Marketing materials for the company have been sent out and the deal could value the company up to $1.5 billion, the people said. Evercore is advising the company on its sale, they said. In August, Bank of America […]

Tailwind Capital is bulking up its healthcare roster, hiring Change Healthcare M&A head Dan Bise as a managing director, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bise, poised to start at Tailwind later this year, will focus on healthcare, the person said. The move marks a return to private equity investing after about four-and-a-half […]

While U.S.-based fundraising continues to soar from 2018 to 2019, fewer emerging buyout and venture capital managers are contributing to the frenzy, according to the Emerging Manager Survey, published by Buyouts Insider in partnership with Gen II Fund Services, LLC. Fifty-eight percent of fund managers said they are in market with a fund, a strong […]

The number of months spent to raise a fund has increased over the past year for emerging managers, according to the Emerging Manager Report. The average and median number of months spent fundraising by emerging managers continues to float around 10, but the upper quartile show some managers needing 22 months to raise their fund.

Lending to a sluggish pace of deal flow in Q3, financial sponsors are illustrating more aversion to risk and taking extra care to pick their spots in what remains an aggressive valuation environment. The fact that there hasn’t been a big shutdown in the financing market for a long time is top of mind, and […]

Marking its third U.S.-based healthcare investment, Cinven Partners has snapped up National Seating & Mobility for a total enterprise value of approximately $850 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The seller is Court Square Capital, which kicked off a Harris Williams-run auction in mid-August. Buyouts initially reported on the sponsor-focused sales process in […]

Mark Taber is managing partner at Great Hill Partners, where he leads the Boston growth-equity firm’s healthcare team. In recent activity, Great Hill in September invested in Pareto Health, which forms and manages employee benefit group captives, allowing self-insuring employers to band together to reduce healthcare costs. (In a self-insured plan the employer assumes all […]

In today’s competitive healthcare environment, the chance to invest in a company you’ve had success with in a prior life might be a no-brainer in certain instances. Take the example of Cole-Parmer, which makes laboratory and industrial-fluid-handling products, instrumentation, equipment and supplies. The company’s management team reached out to GTCR this summer to solicit interest […]