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Vista buys into healthcare software businessThe San Francisco-based firm has jumped on the healthcare bandwagon with its $320m acquisition of Sage’s healthcare services division.
- Carlyle alums launch healthcare firm
Washington DC-based NaviMed Capital is in the planning stages for its debut fund, which will make late stage venture capital and growth equity investments in healthcare and is understood to have a $200m target.
- VSS seals 4x exit to Riverside
Riverside has purchased Avatar International, which focuses on patient satisfaction in hospitals, an increasingly important component in Medicare and Medicaid services.
- Permira sets up digital education platform
The firm, which earlier this week scored a 2.3x return on its exit of animal nutrition company Provimi, has made its first ever acquisition of a digital education company.
- Firms help foster digital education trend
With schools facing tighter budgets, digital-based curriculums are playing a larger role in the classroom and in private equity firms' portfolios.
- VSS in 3x software exit to KKR
Veronis Suhler Stevenson has sold financial data and software company Ipreo to KKR. VSS created its financial information platform in 2003, says partner Scott Troeller.
- VSS expands debt team
The firm hired former Merrill Lynch executive James Dunleavy as it expands its ‘internal capabilities’ around providing senior debt. The firm also has plans to launch a fifth private equity fund.
- Information tech opportunities take off
The proliferation of mobile-based technologies has created disruptions in the information technology sector, making it prime territory for private equity, writes Scott Troeller.
- VSS loses European co-head
Marco Sodi left the mid-market firm in the spring after it ‘deferred’ fundraising on a European fund that had collected $105m.
- Veronis ‘withdraws’ from VSS
VSS’ co-CEO and chairman John Veronis, 82, has left the firm as part of a transition that sees Jeffrey Stevenson continue as managing partner.