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“Virtual care was tiny before the global pandemic, but there is an enormous number of players now," said GA's Robb Vorhoff. "We believe there will be a big consolidation trend in that space.”

"Businesses have learned that it is much more cost effective to search for and find problems early on rather than wait for things to break," said SFW partner Ahmad Sheikh.

"I think of how painful banking was in the 1980s and 1990s and how tech has transformed and makes things smoother, and healthcare has not changed a whole lot," said Silversmith co-founder Jeff Crisan.

The portfolio company will "benefit from added resources to scale their business and address the heightened levels of learnings loss in students across the country resulting from the pandemic," said Alpine's Dan Sanner.

Tech tools from RedTeam, Paskr and Fieldlens aim to help contractors navigate challenges like supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages.

Partner David Reuter eyes: employee and customer engagement; social responsibility management; video and data insights; wealth management; payments and mortgage tech; data center services; fleet management; EHRs and patient engagement; hospice care; and life science distribution.

The industry is non-cyclical, often produces recurring revenue and has predictable expenditures and cashflows.

'Buyers don't have the time or resources to compete in a drawn-out auction process, instead finding themselves willing to pay a steeper multiple to ensure they will win the asset and take it off the table extremely quickly,' explains Robert Reifman, managing director, Lincoln International.

'Many sectors – consumer services, logistics, distribution, for example – are terrific sectors with higher valuations today that align with long-term trends.'

In the first five weeks of 2022, PE Hub has seen a slew of PE deals focused on issues like scheduling professionals and helping them manage workspaces.