Innovate 32, a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity group Shore Capital Partners, announced that it was expanding its presence with the acquisition of Trivette Osborne & Associates. This is Innovate 32’s first deal of the year.
Founded in 1963, Trivette Osborne & Associates is a dental practice with one location in Knoxville, Tennessee. According to its website, there are five physicians on staff.
Innovate 32 is a growth-oriented dental services organization based in Nashville, Tennessee. Under the leadership of CEO Josh Johnson and Innovate’s Board of Directors, Innovate 32 is forming partnerships with dental practices throughout the South and Mid-Atlantic.
Trivette Osborne & Associates was represented in the deal by Bill Davis, Transition Broker at AFTCO, a consulting firm that specializes in dental practices. Terms were not disclosed.
According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this marks the 71st Physician Medical Group (PMG) transaction announced since the start of 2026, and the 27th in the dental specialty. There were 521 PMG deals reported in 2025, including 251 in the dental market. Additionally, the PMG volume of 2026 accounts for almost 24% of the 296 healthcare transactions that have been announced so far this year.
Active dental buyers in the first few weeks of 2026 include MB2 Dental Solutions (five deals), Premier Care Dental Management (three deals), Park Dental Partners (two deals), MAX Surgical Specialty Management (two deals) and Phase 1 Equity (two deals).
