Latticework Capital Management (LCM) has announced an investment in First Medical Associates (FMA).

FMA, founded in 2008 and based in Germantown, Maryland, is a primary care provider with 11 clinics across Maryland.

LCM, founded in 2015 and based in Dallas, makes control equity investments in the lower middle market. The firm focuses exclusively on healthcare, specifically the provider services, hospital/major facilities, life sciences/pharmaceutical (pharmaceutical services and contract manufacturing for medical equipment/devices) and non-reimbursement industries. Latticework prefers to make more substantial investments from a dollars perspective.

McGuireWoods LLP served as legal counsel to Latticework.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Capstreet and Aquiline Capital have agreed to sell Ontellus to Datavant, according to a news release.

Ontellus, founded in 1975 as Keais Records Retrieval and rebranded in 2017, is a provider of health records retrieval and claims intelligence based in Houston.

Datavant, founded in 2017 and based in Phoenix, Arizona, is a health data platform company.

CapStreet, founded in 1990 and based in Houston, is private equity firm that invests in owner-managed, lower-middle-market companies. The firm primarily seeks majority investments in the software, tech-enabled services and industrial business services sectors, across multiple industries including healthcare. 

Aquiline, founded in 2005 and with its U.S. operations based out of New York, is a private investment firm. Its private equity team targets investments in several industries. Investments typically falling in the range of $50 million to $350 million of equity, either funded all at once or over time.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Summit Partners has completed a growth investment in RIS Rx, according to a news release.

RIS Rx, founded in 2020 and based in Newport Beach, California, is a healthcare technology company that develops solutions designed to address revenue leakage in pharma.

Summit, founded in 1994 and based in Boston, pursues opportunities in healthcare services, healthcare technology and life sciences as well as in other growth sectors. The firm targets growth equity and fixed income investments of $10 million to more than $500 million per company. 

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) has made a strategic investment in Constitution Surgery Alliance (CSA), according to a news release.

CSA, founded in 1998 and based in Avon, Connecticut, is a developer and operator of ambulatory surgery centers.

WCAS, founded in 1979 and based in New York, is a private equity firm focused on the healthcare and technology industries. The firm targets growth-oriented companies with an investment strategy that is deal-size agnostic.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

65 Equity Partners and Everberg Capital have invested in Allied OMS, according to a news release.

Allied OMS, founded in 2020 and based in Southlake, Texas, is a doctor-led management services organization supporting oral and maxillofacial surgery practices across the United States.

65 Equity Partners, founded in 2021, is a global investment firm based in Singapore with offices in cities including New York and San Francisco. The firm pursues investments in healthcare and a few other sectors.

Everberg, founded in 2019 and based in New York, is a private equity firm targeting investments in the U.S. middle market. The firm seeks investments in healthcare and a few other sectors.

Terms of the investments were not disclosed.

Great Point Partners (GPP) has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Eutecma.

Eutecma, founded in 2008 and based in Germany, is a developer of temperature-controlled packaging solutions for pharmaceutical cold chain shipments. The company has refreshment centers in the United States and European Union.

GPP, founded in 2003 and based in Greenwich, Conn., is a private investment firm focused on the healthcare industry. The firm targets investments in biopharmaceutical supply chain services and products; healthcare services; healthcare information technology-enabled services; and medical devices and diagnostics in businesses operating in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. GPP pursues lower middle market companies generating between $10 million and $100 million of revenue and $2 million to $12 million of EBITDA.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

LLR Partners has announced a strategic growth investment in TruTechnologies.

TruTechnologies, founded in 2018 and based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is a provider of real-time clinical trial oversight.

LLR, founded in 1999 and based in Philadelphia, makes majority and minority investments in lower middle market technology and healthcare businesses. Within healthcare, the firm pursues investments in healthcare IT, outsourced healthcare services, managed care and provider-based organizations.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Avista Healthcare Partners has announced the acquisition of EBI.

EBI, launched in 1979 and based in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a division of Highridge Medical that offers a portfolio of implantable and non-invasive bone growth stimulation solutions.

Avista, founded in 2005 and based in New York, makes control buyout investments in middle market healthcare companies. The firm focuses on the following healthcare subsectors: pharmaceuticals, medical devices, outsourced pharmaceutical services, distribution and consumer-driven healthcare.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

By Kevin Madagan

Edgewater Capital Partners has announced an investment in CBCC Global Research.

CBCC, founded in 1984 and based in Bakersfield, California, is a clinical contract research organization with experience in designing and managing clinical trials in therapeutic areas including oncology, the central nervous system and ophthalmology.

Edgewater, founded in 1998 and based in Cleveland, is a private equity firm investing in the lower middle market. The firm is focused on the specialty industrials, life science, advanced materials and specialty chemicals sectors.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

MidOcean Partners has announced an investment in Emergency Care Partners (ECP).

ECP, founded in 2018 and based in Pensacola, Florida, is a provider of emergency medicine services to U.S. hospitals. The company is majority owned by Varsity Healthcare Partners.

MidOcean, founded in 2003 and based in New York, is a middle market private equity firm focused on the business services and consumer sectors. Founded in 2003, the firm targets investments in North American companies with enterprise values between $150 and $750 million-plus and with equity investments of $75 million to $300 million-plus.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.