PE Firms Take Note of Increasing Demand for Autism Services

Better awareness and detection of autism has tripled diagnosis rates over the last 15 years, causing private equity investors to take note.  Of late, the market has seen a recent spate of private equity deals in the autism and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy space. That follows a stalling out of investment in the autism […]

Children’s Behavioral Health Provider Stepping Stones Reportedly Set for Sale

Stepping Stones Group, which is a multi-state provider of services to children with autism and other behavioral needs, is reportedly up for sale. PE Hub reported Thursday that the organization’s parent company, Five Arrows Capital Partners, has recently initiated a competitive sale process for the provider that is aimed exclusively at private equity buyers. Investment […]

Transactions: HCA Selling Behavioral Hospital; New Acquisitions from BrightView, Stepping Stones

Vertava Health acquires Integrated Addiction Care Associates Vertava Health has announced it has purchased outpatient behavioral health provider Integrated Addiction Care Associates (IAC), in a move that brings together two Tennessee operators. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. IAC offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT), intensive outpatient programs (IOP) and primary care services to residents […]

Transactions & Financings: Stepping Stones’ Autism Play; Summit BHC’s New Territory

PE-backed Stepping Stones Group builds out autism offerings The Stepping Stones Group — a portfolio company of Five Arrows Capital Partners, the North American corporate PE arm of Rothschild & Co. Merchant Banking — has acquired STAR of CA to build out its autism offerings. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Lafayette, Colorado-based […]