DFW Capital Partners announced today that its portfolio company, Venio, has completed the acquisition of the Unclaimed Property and Investor Communications and Retention divisions of The Keane Organization. The combined business will be renamed Keane, an industry brand in existence for over 60 years. Keane is the largest provider of lost shareholder and lost account… Read more »
October 1, 2010, Teaneck, NJ DFW Capital Partners announced today that it has completed the sale of its portfolio company, ALVP Holdings, which includes operating subsidiaries Alaven Pharmaceuticals and Alaven Consumer Healthcare, to Swedish specialty pharmaceutical company Meda AB. Meda acquired Alaven for an aggregate cash purchase price of $350 million, resulting in a realized… Read more »
Garden State Dental Management (“GSDM”) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of American Dental Concepts (“ADC”). The add-on acquisition was funded in part by funds from DFW Capital Partners III L.P. The transaction adds twelve new offices to the GSDM platform nearly doubling the size of the Company. The ADC offices are located… Read more »
DFW Capital Partners announced today that it has held a final closing on DFW Capital Partners III, L.P., a partnership dedicated to making control investments in lower-middle market service companies. DFW III is capitalized with $54.1 million in commitments from institutional investors, as well as family offices and other high net worth individuals. As with… Read more »
DFW Capital Partners announced today that Brian Tilley has joined the firm as a General Partner. Brian will manage DFW’s Washington, DC office. Prior to joining DFW, Brian was the founder and Managing Member of Wenzi Capital Partners, LLC. Brian previously spent ten years at AmeriChoice Corporation and subsequently with United HealthGroup after United acquisition… Read more »
DFW Capital Partners announced today that it has led the acquisition of a controlling interest in Venio. DFW completed this investment, in part, with funds from its most recent private equity fund, DFW Capital Partners III L.P. Headquartered in New York City, Venio is a leading provider of asset recovery services, specializing in uniting heirs… Read more »
DFW Capital Partners announced today that it has led the acquisition of a majority interest in The Copernicus Group IRB, from its founding owners. DFW recruited pharmaceutical industry veteran, Bruce Tomason, to become CEO of Copernicus and lead the business post-acquisition. DFW completed this investment, in part, with funds from its most recent private equity… Read more »
DFW Capital Partners announced today that it has completed the sale of its portfolio company, Andrews International, to Boston-based private equity firm Audax Group for an aggregate purchase price of $161 million. DFW realized a 30% IRR and a 2.6x ROI on its investment in Andrews. DFW originally invested in Andrews’ predecessor company in 2004,… Read more »