Heartland Dental Acquires Implant & General Dentistry of Northern Colorado
Heartland Dental, a portfolio company of private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc., has announced its acquisition of Implant & General Dentistry of Northern Colorado. Implant & General Dentistry of Northern Colorado operates out of one Loveland, Colorado office. According to its website, the practice has three physicians on staff. Heartland Dental is a dental support organization providing non-clinical, administrative support services with more than 2,600 doctors in more than 1,650 locations across 38 states. The addition of the Loveland practice expands Heartland Dental’s foothold in Colorado. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ... Read More »KKR Closes $4.0 Billion Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II
The leading global investment firm, KKR, announced that it had closed its $4.0 billion fund of KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II. The fund, or HCSG II, is dedicated to health care growth equity investment opportunities, mostly in North America and Europe. KKR is expected to make more healthcare acquisitions in the future and will be investing approximately $500 million of capital in the fund, alongside investors. HCSG II will focus on the biopharmaceutical, medical device, health care services, life science tools, diagnostics and health care information technology sub-sectors. Within the past year, KKR executed several new investments as part of its Health Care Strategic Growth... Read More »
KKR Buys 1-800-Contacts in Multibillion-Dollar Deal
The private equity giant KKR (NYSE: KKR) has swooped in to buy 1-800-Contacts, a name we might all recognize from its catchy commercials. In case you don’t know, 1-800 Contacts is the largest seller of contact lenses in the U.S., serving more than 20 million customers for the last 25 years. The growing portfolio of innovative 1-800 Contacts brands includes Liingo Eyewear, 6over6, Boomerang, and Premium Vision. KKR is buying the company from AEA Investors for approximately $3.1 billion, according to sources cited in a report in PE Hub. AEA Investors has been the majority shareholder of 1-800 Contacts since 2015 when it purchased the company from Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. AEA... Read More »
BrightSpring Merges with KKR’s PharMerica
BrightSpring Health Services and PharMerica are merging to create a national home care business with its own pharmacy services provider under KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR). Both companies are based in Louisville, Kentucky and will continue to operate from there. Financial terms were not disclosed. BrightSpring, formerly known as ResCare, was a portfolio company of Onex Corporation (TOR: ONEX). It provides comprehensive home and community-based health services in behavioral health, digital health, hospice and homecare to complex populations in need of specialized care. Onex acquired ResCare way back in March 2004 for $83.4 million. PharMerica is a specialty pharmacy service provider for the... Read More »Schedule a demo
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