FYidoctors / FYihealth Acquires BonLook from Walter Capital Partners

L Catterton Makes Strategic Minority Investment in FYidoctors

March 5, 2020

Healthcare Services

L Catterton has made a strategic minority equity investment in FYidoctors, a Calgary-based, optometrist-controlled eye care provider. The deal provides growth capital and operational expertise to support FYidoctors' expansion while offering liquidity options for management and optometrist shareholders; terms were not disclosed.

BonLook Acquires EyeMeasure Virtual Optical Measurement App

April 15, 2021

Software

Montreal-based eyewear retailer BonLook has acquired EyeMeasure, a smartphone application that measures pupillary distance and bifocal segment height and includes virtual try-on and frame digitization features. BonLook will integrate EyeMeasure into its services and offer the app and an SDK to retail partners as part of its technology-driven growth strategy.

New Look Vision Group Acquires Luxury Optical Holdings

December 1, 2021

Retail

Montreal-based New Look Vision Group, backed by FFL Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has agreed to acquire New York–based Luxury Optical Holdings (LOH), the largest luxury optical retailer in the United States. The deal (terms not disclosed) expands New Look’s premium retail footprint in the U.S. and adds LOH’s wholesale and small-batch eyewear manufacturing capabilities to its platform.

FFL Partners, CDPQ and Dr. H. Doug Barnes Family Acquire New Look Vision Group

May 26, 2021

Healthcare Services

FFL Partners, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and the Dr. H. Doug Barnes Family completed the acquisition of all outstanding Class A common shares of New Look Vision Group Inc. for C$50.00 per share, taking the company private and initiating delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange. The investors said they will support New Look Vision's management to grow and expand its retail store network across North America and pursue additional opportunities in the eye care market.

Functionalab Group Merges with FYi Medical Aesthetics; L Catterton and L'Oréal Back Transaction

January 4, 2023

Healthcare Services

FYihealth Group has completed a merger of its Medical Aesthetics division with Functionalab Group; the combined business will operate under the Functionalab Group name as the largest premium aesthetic medicine network in Canada across 68 clinics. The transaction is supported by investors and strategic partners L Catterton and L'Oréal, positioning the merged company for scale and expanded consumer-facing aesthetic services nationwide.

Beverly Capital Acquires The Eye Health Group

February 12, 2021

Healthcare Services

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Beverly Capital has acquired The Eye Health Group, a New Jersey-based optometric service provider. Everside Capital Partners and Merion Investment Partners provided subordinated debt and equity support for the transaction; the seller will remain invested and management will continue to operate the business as the investors pursue a roll-up strategy across the Northeast.