Hughes & Company Backs Merger of Curvo and BroadJump

Hughes & Company Invests in Voluware

April 17, 2023

Healthcare Services

Hughes & Company, a private equity firm focused on healthcare software, made a growth investment in Voluware, a Huntington Beach–based provider of a cloud platform that automates prior authorizations. The capital will accelerate Voluware’s product innovation, expand payer coverage and geographic footprint, and support client onboarding and partnerships.

Curvo Labs Acquires Strategic Healthcare Services, LLC

October 13, 2021

Healthcare Services

Curvo Labs, a healthcare supply chain technology company, has acquired Strategic Healthcare Services, LLC (SHS), a consulting firm focused on strategic sourcing and clinical spend management for providers and manufacturers. The acquisition will integrate SHS's advisory and analytical services into Curvo's AI-powered sourcing platform to broaden its capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Sunwave Health and Lightning Step Merge; BVP Forge Provides Strategic Growth Investment

October 27, 2025

Software

Sunwave Health and Lightning Step Technologies have combined to form a unified technology platform serving behavioral health providers nationwide. The merger is supported by a strategic growth investment from BVP Forge, with existing investors Level Equity, Blueprint Equity, and Gallant Capital Partners re‑investing in the combined company to accelerate product innovation, AI capabilities, and go‑to‑market scale.

Hughes & Company Invests in Encoda

January 6, 2022

Healthcare Services

Hughes & Company, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on healthcare software and tech-enabled services, made a strategic growth investment in Encoda LLC to accelerate development of its rules-based revenue cycle management software and expand its strategic partnerships. The investment includes board appointments and is intended to drive product innovation, broaden revenue cycle services, and scale Encoda's commercial footprint among physician groups and other healthcare providers.

Lineage Logistics and Bay Grove Acquire Turvo

June 1, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Lineage Logistics, together with its founder/manager Bay Grove, has acquired Turvo, a supply-chain collaboration and visibility software provider. Turvo will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary to accelerate product innovation and deepen Lineage's technology capabilities across the global food and freight supply chain; financial terms were not disclosed.

Hughes & Company Makes Strategic Investment in Health Data Innovations

October 2, 2023

Data & Analytics

Health Data Innovations (HDI), a Beachwood, Ohio-based healthcare data integration platform, received a strategic growth investment from Hughes & Company, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on healthcare software and tech-enabled services. The funding will support HDI's expansion of its claims data management and data integration offerings to value-based care providers, payers, and population health partners; Bowen served as exclusive financial advisor.