RIDGEMONT

Agape Care Group Named One of USA Today’s 2024 Top Workplaces

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Health, Consumer, Hospitals, Seniors, Managed Care, General Health, Organization, Workplace, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Patient, Love, Hospice, Palliative care, Human

Agape Care Group ( Agape Care ), a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners and a premiere provider of hospice and palliative care, was announced today as one of USA Today’s 2024 Top Workplaces.

Key Points: 
  • Agape Care Group ( Agape Care ), a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners and a premiere provider of hospice and palliative care, was announced today as one of USA Today’s 2024 Top Workplaces.
  • “We are proud to be a part of this prestigious list along with so many other leaders in their respective industries,” said Troy Yarborough, chief executive officer of Agape Care Group.
  • As a regional leader in hospice and palliative care, Agape Care Group proudly serves over patients through its family of brands — Agape Care South Carolina, Georgia Hospice Care, Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in North Carolina, Journey Hospice in Louisiana, and ACG Hospice in Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Virginia.
  • Agape Care Group offers hospice and palliative services across multiple settings and is renowned for its superior patient-family experience and expertly trained professionals.

Certus Expands Business-to-Business Portfolio with Paulson Training Acquisition

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Monday, March 25, 2024
Certification, Growth, EVP, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Education, Research, Acquisition, Plastic, Curriculum

ORLANDO, Fla., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The acquisition will deepen and expand Certus' portfolio of industrial skills and simulations offerings while also enhancing both companies' abilities to serve customers in manufacturing, automotive and medical industries.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Certus announced the acquisition of Paulson Training ("Paulson"), a market leader in providing digital and instructor-led technical training and certification solutions for plastics manufacturing and scientific injection molding.
  • Paulson Training has provided top-tier training solutions for nearly 50 years.
  • "We are delighted and thrilled to join Certus in helping to expand their mission of bridging the skills gap," said Karen Paulson, President of Paulson Training.
  • Certus and Ridgemont are actively seeking acquisition candidates that are established leaders in the online training, education, certification and compliance sectors.

Agape Care Group Appoints Kari Bradford, DNP, To Serve As the Organization’s Palliative Medical Director

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Health, Consumer, Practice Management, Seniors, Managed Care, General Health, Palliative care, DNP, Workforce, Love, Investment, American Academy, Patient, Hospice, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Education, Residential care, Health care

Agape Care Group ( Agape Care ), a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners and a premiere provider of hospice and palliative care, announced today that it is appointing Kari Bradford, DNP, to serve as the company’s palliative medical director.

Key Points: 
  • Agape Care Group ( Agape Care ), a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners and a premiere provider of hospice and palliative care, announced today that it is appointing Kari Bradford, DNP, to serve as the company’s palliative medical director.
  • As the palliative medical director, Bradford will lead the organization’s integrated palliative care program model to expand their expert hospice and palliative care provider workforce and to continue serving patients.
  • “We’re excited to welcome Kari Bradford to the Agape Care team,” said Troy Yarborough, chief executive officer of Agape Care Group.
  • As a regional leader in hospice and palliative care, Agape Care Group proudly serves over 3,500 patients through its family of brands — Agape Care South Carolina, Georgia Hospice Care, Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in North Carolina, Journey Hospice in Alabama and Louisiana, and ACG Hospice in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Virginia.

Ridgemont Equity Partners Leads Recapitalization of smartShift

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Software, Mobile, Wireless, Networks, Professional Services, Internet, Business, Data Management, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Other Professional Services, Finance, Other Technology, Consulting, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Partnership, SAP ERP, SAP, Barings LLC, Growth, Ecosystem, Management, Cryptocurrency

Ridgemont Equity Partners (“Ridgemont”), a middle market private equity investor, today announced the recapitalization of smartShift (or “the Company”), a leading tech-enabled services provider for SAP custom application migrations, upgrades and transformations.

Key Points: 
  • Ridgemont Equity Partners (“Ridgemont”), a middle market private equity investor, today announced the recapitalization of smartShift (or “the Company”), a leading tech-enabled services provider for SAP custom application migrations, upgrades and transformations.
  • The Company’s current leadership team, including CEO Derek Oats, President & COO Vyom Gupta and CFO Kendall Walker, remain in their current roles and meaningfully invested in partnership with Ridgemont.
  • “We have built the proprietary solution and proven our value proposition to our customers and Global System Integrator channel partners.
  • Goodwin Procter served as legal advisor to Ridgemont and Goldberg Kohn served as legal advisor to smartShift.

Ridgemont Equity Partners Recapitalizes Worldwide Produce

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Finance, Food, Beverage, Supply Chain Management, Retail, Professional Services, Restaurant, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Vegetable, Alston & Bird, Multisourcing, Partnership, Growth, B2B, Proskauer, Sales

Ridgemont Equity Partners , a middle market private equity investor, today announced the recapitalization of Worldwide Produce (the “Company”), a leading distributor of fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products and specialty foods to restaurants, foodservice customers and grocery stores across the western United States.

Key Points: 
  • Ridgemont Equity Partners , a middle market private equity investor, today announced the recapitalization of Worldwide Produce (the “Company”), a leading distributor of fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products and specialty foods to restaurants, foodservice customers and grocery stores across the western United States.
  • Sole Source Capital , the Company’s existing financial sponsor, will retain a meaningful minority stake in Worldwide Produce in partnership with Ridgemont and Company management.
  • Harris Williams LLC served as financial advisor to Ridgemont, and Truist Securities served as financial advisor to Worldwide Produce and Sole Source.
  • This investment was made from Ridgemont Equity Partners IV, L.P. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Harris Williams Advises RoadOne IntermodaLogistics on its Recapitalization by Ridgemont Equity Partners

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Retail, Other Professional Services, Finance, Consulting, Banking, Professional Services, Supply Chain Management, Other Transport, Trucking, Rail, Maritime, General Automotive, Transport, Automotive, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transport, VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands, Harris Williams & Co., SIPC, Nonantum, Massachusetts, HRB, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Greater China Transport Logistics, Partnership, Registrar, Financial Conduct Authority, FINRA, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Farringdon Road, Financial services

Harris Williams , a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it advised RoadOne IntermodaLogistics (RoadOne), a portfolio company of Nonantum Capital Partners (Nonantum), on its recapitalization by Ridgemont Equity Partners (Ridgemont).

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  • Harris Williams , a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it advised RoadOne IntermodaLogistics (RoadOne), a portfolio company of Nonantum Capital Partners (Nonantum), on its recapitalization by Ridgemont Equity Partners (Ridgemont).
  • The Harris Williams team that advised RoadOne was led by Jason Bass and Nick Petrick of the Transportation & Logistics (T&L) Group .
  • Founded in 2018 by a team of experienced private equity and management executives as a spin-out from Charlesbank Capital Partners, Nonantum is a Boston-based middle market private equity firm.
  • Harris Williams is a trade name under which Harris Williams LLC, Harris Williams & Co. Ltd and Harris Williams & Co. Corporate Finance Advisors GmbH conduct business.

Ridgemont Equity Partners Leads Recapitalization of RoadOne IntermodaLogistics

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Thursday, January 5, 2023
Professional Services, Trucking, Rail, Maritime, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transport, Finance, Partnership, Friends, Partner (business rank), Barings LLC, Transport, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Acquisition, Growth, Movement, Rail transport by country, E-commerce, Financial services, Stifel

Ridgemont Equity Partners , a middle market private equity investor, today announced the recapitalization of RoadOne IntermodaLogistics (“RoadOne” or the “Company”), the largest independent provider of intermodal logistics solutions in North America, alongside the Company’s management and co-founders, Ken Kellaway and David McLaughlin, and Nonantum Capital Partners , who acquired a majority stake in RoadOne in 2019 and remains meaningfully invested in partnership with Ridgemont.

Key Points: 
  • Ridgemont Equity Partners , a middle market private equity investor, today announced the recapitalization of RoadOne IntermodaLogistics (“RoadOne” or the “Company”), the largest independent provider of intermodal logistics solutions in North America, alongside the Company’s management and co-founders, Ken Kellaway and David McLaughlin, and Nonantum Capital Partners , who acquired a majority stake in RoadOne in 2019 and remains meaningfully invested in partnership with Ridgemont.
  • RoadOne provides intermodal logistics services that facilitate the movement of freight at ports, regional distribution centers and inland rail terminals.
  • “We have closely followed the success of RoadOne over the last several years, and we are excited to partner with the Company’s strong leadership team on RoadOne’s next chapter, alongside Nonantum,” said Charles Anderson, Partner at Ridgemont Equity Partners.
  • William Blair served as financial advisor to Ridgemont and Stifel and Harris Williams served as financial advisors to RoadOne and Nonantum.

Sunvera Group Expands Ohio Footprint in the Cleveland Market

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Finance, Health, Professional Services, Practice Management, Optical, Physician, McGuireWoods, OPI, Partnership, Patient, Ophthalmology, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Optometry, Private law, Self-signed certificate, Growth, Marketing, Information technology, OH, Medicine, MD, LASIK

This partnership will further advance Sunvera Groups growing presence in the Ohio market and expands its Midwest network of ophthalmology practices and surgery centers.

Key Points: 
  • This partnership will further advance Sunvera Groups growing presence in the Ohio market and expands its Midwest network of ophthalmology practices and surgery centers.
  • Sunvera Group is committed to supporting practices that provide advanced clinical care to its patients throughout the Midwest, said Greg Nodland, CEO of Sunvera Group.
  • The addition of OPI is Sunvera Groups most recent expansion into the Ohio Market.
  • Currently, Sunvera Group supports 21 ophthalmology clinics and three ambulatory surgical centers in Michigan and Ohio.

Anne Arundel Dermatology Announces New Affiliations in Georgia

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
General Health, Health, Surgery, Physician, Dermatology, Ridgemont Equity Partners, NAD, Marietta, Mohs surgery, Plastic surgery, Skin cancer, Mohs, Veterinary medicine, MD, Atlanta metropolitan area, Lagrange (disambiguation)

Anne Arundel Dermatology Management , a leading provider of medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatological services, today announced new partnerships with North Atlanta Dermatology (NAD), SkinPath Solutions (SkinPath), and Dermatology Institute for Skin Cancer and Cosmetic Surgery (DISCCS).

Key Points: 
  • Anne Arundel Dermatology Management , a leading provider of medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatological services, today announced new partnerships with North Atlanta Dermatology (NAD), SkinPath Solutions (SkinPath), and Dermatology Institute for Skin Cancer and Cosmetic Surgery (DISCCS).
  • These new affiliations bring the Anne Arundel Dermatology platform to approximately 150 locations and 300 providers across seven states.
  • Anne Arundel Dermatology is a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners , a Charlotte-based middle market private equity firm.
  • Anne Arundel Dermatology is a leading provider of dermatological services in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

Sparus Holdings Acquires United Locating Services

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Professional Services, Other Natural Resources, Other Energy, Recycling, Utilities, Natural Resources, Alternative Energy, Environment, Energy, Finance, Sustainability, Growth, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Organization, Spears Group, Holding, Acquisition, ULS, Southwestern United States, Safety, Financial services, Construction, Gilt-head bream, Crux

Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a leading provider of a complementary suite of outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers, today announced the acquisition of United Locating Services (ULS), a premier underground utility locating and damage prevention service provider with operations across the midwestern and southwestern United States.

Key Points: 
  • Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a leading provider of a complementary suite of outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers, today announced the acquisition of United Locating Services (ULS), a premier underground utility locating and damage prevention service provider with operations across the midwestern and southwestern United States.
  • Sparus, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners , continues to grow its service offering and is actively seeking to acquire other leading utility and infrastructure services providers.
  • The acquisition of ULS is a particularly important and exciting development for Sparus, said Rich Summers, CEO of Sparus.
  • Through a growing family of brands, including Southern Cross, The Spear Group, OneVision Utility Services, Tru-Check, and United Locating Services, Sparus provides gas line inspection and leak detection, utility metering services, utility locate and damage prevention services, field-based project oversight, project management and controls, and other related services.