The Smilist Acquires BrookBeam Dental
On May 21, The Smilist Management announced that it acquired its second practice of 2025 with the purchase of BrookBeam Dental. BrookBeam Dental is a dental partnership organization supporting 16 offices in New York. According to its website, there are seven physicians. The Smilist is a leading dental service organization offering general and cosmetic dentistry. Since its founding in 2014, It has grown to support more than 60 dental offices in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. The Smilist is backed by Zenyth Partners, an operationally focused healthcare investment firm. The deal pushes The Smilist’s network to more than 100 offices, according to a May... Read More »
Specialty Smile Partners Acquires Little Gators Pediatric Dentistry
Specialty Smile Partners, based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, announced that it acquired Little Gators Pediatric Dentistry. Little Gators Pediatric Dentistry is a pediatric dental practice with one location in Winter Garden, Florida. According to its website, the practice is run by Jason J. Sotto and six dental assistants. Backed by Blue Sea Capital, Specialty Smile Partners is a management services organization serving the orthodontics and pediatric dentistry sectors. The company was founded in 2017 and has a presence in more than 35 states. This expands Specialty Smile Partners’ presence in Florida and marks the company’s first acquisition of 2025. The financial... Read More »
Datavant Acquires Aetion to Expand RWE Platform
Datavant, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, announced that it will acquire New York City-based Aetion. The two companies will leverage their capabilities to create an end-to-end offering on data discovery, linkage, privacy, curation and advanced analysis, allowing their ecosystem and life sciences partners to create analytics-based insights. Founded in 2013, Aetion is focused on real-world evidence (RWE) in healthcare. Aetion provides RWE offerings to biopharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, payers and regulators. Datavant is a health information technology company based in Phoenix, Arizona. The company develops and maintains a digital ecosystem for the... Read More »
Summit Clinical Research Acquires Houston Research Institute
LongueVue Capital announced that its portfolio company, Summit Clinical Research, in partnership with its other portfolio company, Pinnacle Clinical Research, has completed a strategic investment in Houston Research Institute. Houston Research Institute is a Houston, Texas-based clinical research site focused on Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis, Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease and obesity. Founded in 2018 and based in San Antonio, Texas, Summit Clinical Research is an integrated research organization specializing in complex indications. Summit specializes in complex clinical trials with a network of more than 120... Read More »
Smartlinx Acquires Software Provider StafferLink
SmartLinx, announced on April 28 that it has acquired StafferLink, a provider of contingent staffing management software for the healthcare industry. The acquisition was backed by Los Angeles, California-based private equity firm Lone View Capital and follows its investment in Smartlinx in 2023. StafferLink provides a purpose-built SaaS platform for healthcare facilities, staffing agencies and managed service providers to source, manage and pay their contingent workforce. These solutions streamline end-to-end staffing operations, covering recruiting, credentialing, scheduling, time capture, payroll and billing. In aggregate, StafferLink fills more than 2 million shifts and manage more than... Read More »Schedule a demo
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