Court Square Capital Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in West Coast Dental

Halle Capital Management Invests in Planet Smile Partners

April 1, 2021

Dental

Halle Capital Management made a growth equity investment in Planet Smile Partners, a newly formed pediatric- and orthodontic-focused dental service organization (DSO). Planet Smile Partners will initially partner with Dentistry for Children Westchester and Dr. Gary Heitzler will serve as CEO as the platform scales across the Northeast.

SF Dental Group Sells to Strategic Buyer to Launch California Dental Platform

September 9, 2025

Dental

Viper Partners advised SF Dental Group on a transformative transaction with an unnamed strategic buyer to create a new dental platform in California. The deal combines SF Dental Group's five locations and 20 dentists with the buyer's operational resources to scale services and expand access to care across the state.

SkyKnight Capital Invests in Pearl Street Dental Partners

October 5, 2022

Dental

SkyKnight Capital has invested in Pearl Street Dental Partners alongside the company’s co-founders, dentist shareholders, management, and existing investor Talisker Partners. The minority growth investment will support Pearl Street’s next phase of expansion; the Dallas-headquartered dental practice management company operates 32 partner practices with more than 350 employees across Texas and Oklahoma.

Main Street Capital Recapitalizes Midwestern Dental Service Organization

February 20, 2024

Dental

Main Street Capital Corporation invested $12.8 million in a recapitalization of a leading, multi-location urgent and general care dental service organization based in the Midwestern United States. The investment, made as a combination of first-lien senior secured term debt and a direct equity investment, was completed alongside an unnamed co-investor and in partnership with the Company's founder and a private investment group.

Cathay Capital Invests in Parkview Dental Partners

November 6, 2023

Healthcare Services

Cathay Capital has made a strategic investment in Sarasota-based dental service organization Parkview Dental Partners, marking Cathay’s inaugural North American investment from its Growth Private Equity Fund (Small Cap IV). The transaction is a recapitalization that includes equity co-investment from Barings, a unitranche facility from Live Oak Banking Company and Barings, material rollover by Parkview management and prior owner Parkstone Growth Partners, and will fund Parkview’s buy-and-build expansion across Florida.

Kaulig Capital Invests in Guardian Dentistry Partners

September 29, 2022

Dental

Kaulig Capital, the private investment firm of the Kaulig Companies family office, has made a minority growth investment in Guardian Dentistry Partners (GDP), a dental partnership network that supports dentist entrepreneurs across multiple U.S. states. The investment will support GDP’s acquisition strategy and accelerate growth of its dental partnership platform alongside existing owners including NKP Capital and management, who reinvested a substantial portion of their equity.