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Geoffrey serves as the chair of the firm's private equity group. He has a wide scope of experience spanning mergers and acquisitions, senior and mezzanine lending, venture capital investments and private equity fund formation.

Surge Private Equity has announced it has invested in Elite Clinical Network (ECN) in a transaction valued at around $200 million.

ECN, founded in 2003 and based in Las Vegas, is a network of pharmaceutical research sites throughout California

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Thoma Bravo will acquire NextGen Healthcare, according to a news release.

NextGen, founded in 1994 and based in Atlanta, is a provider of healthcare software services.

Thoma Bravo agreed to pay $23.95 for each NextGen share in a

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TPG has announced it will acquire a majority stake in Crowe Healthcare Consulting from Crowe LLP.

Crowe LLP, with its corporate headquarters in Chicago, is a global public accounting, consulting and technology firm. 

Following completion of the transaction, Crowe

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BV Investment Partners (BV) has announced it has invested in Hardenbergh Group.

Hardenbergh, founded in 1991 and based in Livonia, Mich., is a provider of non-clinical professional staffing, consulting, physician peer review and outsourced solutions to healthcare organizations.

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Coalesce Capital has announced it has participated in a recapitalization of Examinetics.

Examinetics, founded in 2004 and based in Overland Park, Kan., is a provider of mobile occupational health screening services, tests and data management.

Coalesce, based in

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WM Partners recently announced it had acquired Allergy Research Group (ARG) from Kikkoman Corp.

ARG, founded in 1979 and based in South Salt Lake, Utah, sells hypoallergenic supplements focused on addressing condition-specific issues to healthcare practitioners.

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TPG has announced it has acquired Nextech from Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) for $1.4 billion.

Nextech, based in Tampa, Fla., is a provider of clinical and administrative healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices. Founded in 1997, the

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