ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Podiatry Growth Partners (the "Company"), a leading management and growth partner to podiatry clinics, announced today it has secured funds from investment firms Compass Group Equity Partners, Veronis Suhler Stevenson ("VSS"), Siguler Guff, and SunGate Capital. The Company will use these new funds to accelerate its expansion into markets across the United States.
"We believe the podiatry space is at a clear inflection point," said John Huhn, Managing Partner at Compass Group Equity Partners. "The business burden associated with managing a podiatry business continues to become more complex. Podiatry Growth Partners provides the best podiatrists with a very attractive partnership solution that allows these doctors to provide better patient care while improving their own quality of life. This investment from a premier group of investors with a long history of success in healthcare will deepen the Company's ability to scale to new markets."
"Podiatry is changing," said Jeff Stevenson, Managing Partner of VSS. "We have no doubt that, like our other healthcare sub-specialty investments in endodontics and behavioral health, the podiatry space is consolidating. For podiatrists and investors alike, there are clear benefits to scale. We are excited to support David Weiss and the Podiatry Growth Partners team as they build the leading private equity-backed, multi-site podiatry practice management business in the country."
"The Podiatry Growth Partners team could not be more pleased with the esteemed roster of financials sponsors we have attracted," said David Weiss, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. "As Podiatry Growth Partners continues to build its business and attract podiatry clinics of all sizes to its platform, we are excited to be able to tap into the experience and resources of Compass Group, VSS, Siguler Guff, and SunGate Capital for their support."
To learn more about how Podiatry Growth Partners can help podiatrists improve their practices and the quality of care they provide to patients, visit http://www.podiatry-partners.com.
About Podiatry Growth Partners
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Podiatry Growth Partners is a leading private equity-backed owner and operator of regionally branded podiatry clinics. The Company is actively seeking to partner with growth-oriented independent podiatrists and podiatry groups. For more information about joining the Podiatry Growth Partners team, please contact [email protected].
About Compass Group Equity Partners
Compass Group Equity Partners is a St. Louis, Missouri-based private investment firm that partners with the founders of lower middle-market companies. Compass Group brings capital, operational expertise, and strategy to businesses to accelerate their growth and support the transition to the next level of commercial success. Compass Group seeks quality investments that align with the thematic research and macroeconomic analysis that guide its sourcing and diligence of opportunities. With over 50 transactions to date, Compass Group's current focus is in the areas of niche manufacturing, value-added distribution, and healthcare. For more information, please visit http://www.cgep.com.
About VSS
VSS is a private investment firm that invests in the healthcare, information, business services and education industries. Headquartered in New York, VSS provides capital for growth financing, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, and buyouts to lower middle market companies and management teams with the goal of building companies organically as well as through a focused add-on acquisition program. VSS makes privately-negotiated investments across the capital structure and invests in situations requiring control or non-control equity, mezzanine securities, and structured equity securities. VSS has over three decades of experience, made investments in 87 portfolio companies, with over 350 add-on acquisitions, and manages $3.5 billion in aggregate committed capital across 7 funds. For more information, please visit http://www.vss.com.
About Siguler Guff
Siguler Guff is a multi-strategy private equity investment firm which, together with its affiliates, has over $13 billion of assets under management. With 25 years of experience investing as a firm in the private markets, Siguler Guff seeks to generate strong, risk-adjusted returns by focusing opportunistically on market niches. Siguler Guff's investment products include multi-manager funds, direct investment funds and customized separate accounts. The Firm currently serves more than 650 institutional clients and approximately 1,000 family office and high net worth investors. Headquartered in New York, Siguler Guff maintains offices in Boston, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Moscow, Shanghai, São Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo, and a local affiliate office in Mumbai. To learn more about Siguler Guff, please visit http://www.sigulerguff.com.
About SunGate Capital
SunGate Capital is a private investment firm with core investments in education, healthcare, real estate, insurance, banking and sports apparel. SunGate is also active and opportunistic in the public markets. It has a multi-generational investment horizon and seeks opportunities across the capital structure with a focus on our primary areas of expertise. SunGate is based in Winter Park, Florida, and has business interests across the U.S.
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