Grant Avenue Capital

At Grant Avenue, we celebrate how diversity empowers our team and drives our mission. This #Pride2024, we honor the contributions and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community within Grant Avenue and beyond, and we proudly stand together to promote equality today and every day. #pride2024 #inclusion #diversity #healthcare #privateequity

2023 was an exciting year for Grant Avenue Capital. We completed two new platform investments and our portfolio executed a wide range of growth initiatives. We enter 2024 by celebrating the well-deserved promotions of Alex Ferree and Eric Kim to Principal. We are also pleased to welcome Brian Andruskiewicz, CPA to our team as Chief Financial and Compliance Officer and Laura (White) Kargbo as an Associate, as we continue to expand our firm with top industry talent. We look forward to pursuing many attractive opportunities in the healthcare sector in the coming year. You can learn about the many highlights of the past year in our 2023 Year in Review: www.grantave.com #newhire #promotions #healthcare #privateequity

We are excited that Grant Avenue Capital portfolio company Fortis Health has acquired PhysioCare Hospice, a premier provider of Medicare-certified home health and hospice services in Indiana. Grant Avenue is pleased to have provided equity financing for the acquisition and to further support the continued growth of Fortis.   We look forward to supporting Rob Radics and the Fortis Health management team as they continue to build their business in Indiana and other markets.   #PrivateEquity #HomeHealth #HospiceServices #Investing

We are thrilled to announce our investment in CREO, Inc., an award-winning life sciences and healthcare consultancy that provides strategy, M&A, digital transformation, cybersecurity, IT quality and regulatory compliance services.   “CREO is well recognized for its unique blend of value creation services for industry organizations, leaders and investors, and we are pleased to partner with the Company at this pivotal point in its evolution…Grant Avenue is eager to help strengthen CREO’s reach and impact across new geographies, partnerships, service offerings, and M&A.” – Brian Berkin, Managing Director at Grant Avenue   We look forward to working hand-in-glove with CEO Susan Acker-Walsh and President Mike Townley to continue executing CREO’s business objectives to drive value for CREO customers and the healthcare industry at large. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/e2ayr7DC   #LifeSciences #HealthCare #PrivateEquity #Consulting

Grant Avenue Capital Founder and Managing Partner, Buddy Gumina, recently sat down with Aaron Weitzman of Axios to discuss dealmaking in lower middle market healthcare and Grant Avenue's differentiated approach to carve-outs.   "We believe that implementing our growth playbook early in a deal, which involves investing in areas such as human capital and technology, and standing up an M&A tuck-in program, will have a bigger impact on equity value creation over time when compared to initial financial engineering."   Read the full Expert Voices column here (subscription may be required): https://lnkd.in/gf-ZFS-k    #Investing #PrivateEquity #MiddleMarket #Healthcare