Behavioral health deals have seen a sharp decline in Q2, which is in line with nearly every other sector of the market. That’s according to data from Fort Myers, Florida-based M&A consulting firm Mertz Taggart. After a record breaking 2021(158 deals), and then an active first quarter (40 deals), behavioral health deals have finally slowed […]
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Digital behavioral health education company Motivo Health raised $14 million in a Series A funding round led by Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta-based startup is focused on digitally connecting pre-licensed therapists to community health organizations with clinical supervisors. New therapists are able to use the platform to search vetted supervisors by state, license type and speciality […]
Charlesbank Capital Partners reportedly won out in an auction for the Austin-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy provider Action Behavior Centers LLC. Axios Pro reports that the Boston-based middle-market private equity firm reached a deal with Action Behavior Centers’ previous owner NexPhase Capital LP three weeks ago. Action Behavior Centers has an $840 million valuation […]
Behavioral Health Transactions Down After ‘Outlier Year,’ But Ample Dealmaking Action Still Expected
Behavioral health deal pace is slowing after 2021’s record-breaking year. Overall, the behavioral health sector saw 53 deals in the first half of 2022. That’s according to data from KPMG LLP, Epstein Becker & Green and FocalPoint Partners. “It’s more of an entire marketplace phenomenon as opposed to a behavioral health deficiency that’s dragging down […]
Los Alamitos, California-based Discovery Behavioral Health has expanded into Pennsylvania with the acquisition of Brookdale Premiere Addiction Recovery. This marks the company’s 15th state market. The Scotrun, Pennsylvania-based 110-bed residential addiction treatment facility sits on a 100-acre campus in the Pocono Mountains. Opened in 2019, the facility touts its Signature Program as “the standard for high-end […]
Addiction treatment provider BrightView Health has acquired Boston-based Column Health. The deal closed on Aug. 8, BrightView Health Chief Development Officer Dylan Jackson told BHB in an interview. This deal marks Cincinnati-based BrightView Health’s second acquisition in 2022. It also gives BrightView a presence in its second and third new state markets this year. Column […]
Nearly every financial portfolio is showing signs of a bear market. Yet the possible downturn could be a ripe setting for mental health startups with a solid value proposition. The larger economic climate has begun to impact the behavioral health sector, with venture investment in digital mental health startups on the decline. However, this financial […]
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has launched a behavioral health advisory group. Founded in 2013, the Chicago-based health care real estate brokerage aims to serve the growing real estate needs of the swiftly expanding behavioral health industry in the U.S. “Blueprint’s existing pipeline, current client base, and proven analytics make us incredibly well positioned to […]
The Stepping Stones Group, an autism and behavioral health provider, announced its plans to buy the Center for Behavioral, Educational and Social Therapies (CBEST) for an undisclosed sum. Los Angeles-based CBEST is focused on providing applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services. Founded by Shah Bahador in 2002, the center serves students who have neurodevelopmental or emotional […]
Monte Nido & Affiliates, a national eating disorder treatment provider, is under new ownership, according to a new report by Axios Pro. Denver-based health care-focused private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners reportedly won the bid for Monte Nido & Affiliates. The Beverly Hills, California-based Levine Leichtman Capital Partners presently owns Monte Nido. Levine Leichtman first […]
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