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Envision Healthcare Corp.‘s process to divest its medical-transportation unit is advancing toward what could ultimately produce a deal worth well over $2 billion. First-round proposals for the Envision subsidiary known as AMR, or American Medical Response, were submitted last week, Buyouts has learned. Financial sponsors and two PE-backed air-medical-transportation platforms — American Securities LLC’s Air Methods and […]

Ronen Lazar is co-founder and CEO of Inturn, a B2B software platform that helps retailers deal with excess inventory. Q: What’s the biggest problem for retail? Inventory is the largest expense for every retailer. For one, it’s an unpredictable demand. There’s changes in consumer-spending habits, weather. There’s always inventory that no retailer can project what they […]

With the fate of the Affordable Care Act hanging in the balance, regulatory changes are expected to be the biggest factor to affect private equity in the next year, a survey from SS&C Technologies Holding says. Roughly half, or 47 percent, of executives questioned said pending legislation would have the largest effect on PE. Transparency […]

Tecum Capital Partners has partnered with a family office to launch a private equity fund. Tecum Equity Partners III LP is a $50 million committed pool of capital backed by Western Allegheny Capital. Tecum Equity III will target control investments in industrial, distribution and more cyclical sectors like machine shops, tool and die, as well […]

Andrew Lindner is a co-founder and managing partner of Frontier Capital, where he helps lead the Charlotte, N.C., firm’s healthcare IT and vertical SaaS investment activities. Regardless of how the Affordable Care Act is (or isn’t) tweaked, the continuation of employer-sponsored healthcare has created new opportunities for the PE community. Frontier intends to join in, […]

Since Earvin “Magic” Johnson left basketball, his biggest challenge has been gaining acceptance from institutional capital. Johnson, a force on five championship teams with the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Lakers, told a dealmaker-packed room at ACG’s InterGrowth that California Public Employees’ Retirement System rejected him five times before it agreed to partner with him. Success […]

First-quarter sponsor-led deal flow illustrated that differentiation is more important than ever, as the pool of buyers chasing quality assets continues to expand and valuations remain at record levels. “In this expensive market, being able to go up in size gives you an advantage,” Prakash Melwani, chief investment officer of the private equity group at […]