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Warburg Pincus is looking for a buyer for RS Energy Group, a provider of analytics and data-driven energy intelligence, people familiar with the process told Buyouts. The sale process is in the early stages, and it’s unclear when first-round bids are due, the people said. Credit Suisse is advising the company on the sale, they […]

TowerBrook Capital Partners and non-profit Catholic health system Ascension have teamed up to buy Hospice Compassus, according to people familiar with the matter. The agreement values the Bay City, Michigan, hospice-care provider north of $1 billion, the people said, equating to a low-teens multiple of Ebitda. The pending transaction provides an exit for existing investors […]

BayMark Health Services, a PE-backed network of clinics looking to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic, has kicked off a sales process, according to people familiar with the matter. Deal books were distributed earlier this week for the Webster Equity Partners-owned company, the people said. First round bids from potential buyers are due Oct. 18, they […]

American Physician Partners, a private equity-backed provider of outsourced emergency department services to hospitals, is evaluating a sale, according to several people familiar with the matter. Marketing materials were distributed to potential buyers earlier this month, with first round bids for the Brentwood, Tennessee, company due before the end of the week, three of the […]

Waud Capital Partners committed $150 million to build an HR software company around Philippe Ozanian, former CEO of Infovista, the firm told Buyouts. Ozanian will help identify an HR technology company to acquire and will later lead this company as a CEO and board member. “We already have identified hundreds of targets and we will […]

Most deal activity during June 1 through Aug. 31 has previously occurred in the high technology sector, according to Thomson One, but real estate had a higher value in 2019. That marks the second time over the past five years real estate did so.

U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising wasted no time in shaking off the summer rust. Since the last issue of Buyouts, fundraising added $10.8 billion to its year-to-date total, which is now at $238.6 billion— more than $100 million more than this time last year. Vista Equity led the charge, adding another $4.6 billion to its […]

Summer is a relatively quiet time for deals, but in 2019 the total value of deals from June 1 through Aug. 31 failed to eclipse the previous year for the first time since 2015, according to Thomson One. Though 2018 was a substantially high year, 2019 brought in the lowest recorded deal value of the […]

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe acquired American Health Imaging in a transaction valuing the network of diagnostic imaging centers at approximately $250 million, Buyouts has learned. Healthcare-focused WCAS purchased AHI through US Radiology Specialists, which it formed in April 2018 in partnership with Charlotte Radiology, a Charlotte, North Carolina, physician-owned radiology group. AHI Founder and CEO […]

Warburg Pincus has surfaced as the winning bidder for Great Hill Partners’ Qualifacts in what represents the buyout firm’s fourth and latest bet in the universe of specialty electronic health records, Buyouts has learned. On the heels of Warburg’s August investment in WebPT, the New York firm is buying Qualifacts, whose EHR software is tailored […]