Tag: Investment

AMSTERDAM – Royal Philips has announced that Exor, a diversified holding company based in the Netherlands, has bought a 15% shareholding in the company.  As a result, Exor, which has a net asset value of about EUR 33 billion, will nominate one member to the company's Supervisory Board.  “Exor’s investment in Philips, their long-term outlook and increased focus on healthcare and technology, fit well with our strategy and substantial value creation potential,”...

LEXINGTON, Mass., and Houston – KabaFusion, which provides a broad range of essential chronic and acute infusion therapies in 44 states through its nationwide network of home infusion pharmacies, alternative infusion sites and home health agencies, has received an investment from Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System. “We are thrilled to have Memorial Hermann join our investor group,” said Dr. Sohail Masood, founder and CEO of KabaFusion. “We share a similar focus in...

BOSTON – Medically Home has announced a new $110 million round of funding from strategic investors, including Baxter International, Global Medical Response and Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are providing additional capital on top of their previous investments, demonstrating confidence in the growing expansion of the model nationwide, Medically Home says. "The addition of these strategic national partners powerfully strengthens our logistics capability which...

NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Medline Industries has entered into an agreement to receive a majority investment from a group of private equity firms, including Blackstone, Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman, worth a reported $30-plus billion.  Medline, which generated revenues of $17.5 billion in 2020, will use the new resources from the partnership to expand its product offerings, accelerate international expansion and continue to make new infrastructure investments to strengthen its global...

LONDON and PLANO, Texas – Belluscura, a medical device developer focused on lightweight and portable oxygen enrichment technology, has begun trading on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BELL.  The company has raised 17.5 million pounds supported by new and existing inventors, and it has a market cap of about 50.96 million pounds.  SPARK Advisory Partners Limited acted as the Belluscura’s sole nominated adviser...

NEW PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Halifax Group, which invested in PromptCare Companies in 2017, is now looking to sell the company, according to PE Hub.  The process is in its second rounds, with first-round bids already submitted, according to the publication.  Because PromptCare has two distinct businesses – home infusion therapy and complex respiratory therapy – there may be two separate transactions, according to PE Hub.  PromptCare has nearly tripled...

WALTHAM, Mass. – Great Elm Capital has received a preferred equity investment of $37.7 million from an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Proceeds will be used to refinance Great Elm’s DME business and to provide the business with growth capital, the company says. “This financing transaction enables the firm to accelerate the growth of our existing businesses and at the same time provides incremental capital to acquire additional businesses,” said Peter Reed, Great Elm’s...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky and TPG Capital have entered into a definitive agreement to add Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity firm, as a new capital partner.As part of the agreement, TPG will also make a new equity investment in WellSky.The agreement will allow WellSky to expand the depth and breadth of its solutions, strengthen its relationships with its 15,000 payer and provider clients, and further invest in its capabilities, says Bill Miller, CEO of WellSky.“TPG and LGP are strongly...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Virtue Technologies, a provider of post-acute healthcare technology solutions, has received an investment from Claritas Capital, a Nashville, Tenn.-based private equity firm. Virtue Technologies, created out of a joint venture between TwelveStone Health Partners and VirtueRN, says it addresses the fragmented market for communicating orders for medical equipment and medications to service providers and patients. “The delivery of post-acute care can often be quite challenging,”...

SAN DIEGO - Sleep Data and BetterNight, providers of sleep therapy services, and HCAP Partners, an investor, have announced a $6 million round of growth funding.BetterNight will use the funding to expand the use of its virtual care platform, which includes telehealth and remote patient monitoring for people who suffer from sleep apnea, and cognitive behavioral therapy for people who suffer from insomnia.“Today's announcement—and the incredible support of our partners at HCAP—will...