Private Equity Firm Healthcare

Ascend Partners

New York, New York, United States

Formerly known as Ascend Capital Partners, Ascend Capital Partners (Ascend), Ascend Partners (Ascend)

Growth-oriented, healthcare-focused private equity partnership whose mission is to build thriving communities by investing in companies and entrepreneurs who are improving healthcare access, affordability, and quality to underserved populations.

Focus Areas
Healthcare Services, Health IT / Practice Administration, Physician Group / MSO / IPA

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2022-2025.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Growth capital

3 growth capital · 2 addon · 2 buyout

Ascend Partners Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Ascend Partners. 2 2022 3 2023 2 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Ascend Capital Partners
    Target
    Seoul Medical Group (SMG), Korean American Medical Group (KAMG)
    Type
    Addon

    Seoul Medical Group (SMG) and Korean American Medical Group (KAMG) have merged to form a leading national independent physician association sponsored by healthcare-focused private equity firm Ascend Capital Partners. The combined network serves nearly 100,000 patients and more than 5,000 physicians across multiple U.S. states; Ascend will provide capital to invest in infrastructure, technology and operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Ascend Capital Partners
    Target
    Unison Therapy Services
    Type
    Buyout

    Ascend Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Unison Therapy Services, a leading outsourced provider of Pre-K–12 therapy services in the California market. Ascend will provide operational and clinical expertise to expand access and enhance delivery of speech, behavioral, physical and occupational therapies; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Ascend Capital Partners
    Target
    Seoul Medical Group (SMG)
    Type
    Buyout

    Ascend Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity partnership, has acquired a majority stake in Seoul Medical Group (SMG), a physician-run Independent Physician Association and owner of the MSO Advanced Medical Management. Ascend will provide capital and operational support to expand AMM's technology, data analytics and capabilities to improve care coordination and expand access for SMG's predominantly Korean-American patient network across multiple U.S. states.

  • Buyer
    Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB), Ascend Partners, CareAbout
    Target
    Palm Beach Digestive Associates (PBDA)
    Type
    Addon

    Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB) has acquired Palm Beach Digestive Associates (PBDA), a gastroenterology practice and colonoscopy clinic with three South Florida locations and an ambulatory surgery center. The deal — supported by MSPB investors Ascend Partners and CareAbout, which previously made an equity investment in MSPB — brings PBDA into MSPB as its Gastrointestinal Division to expand clinical services and procedural capacity across Palm Beach and Broward counties.

  • Buyer
    Ascend Capital Partners, CareAbout
    Target
    Allied Physicians Group, Adjuvant.Health

    Ascend Capital Partners has announced an equity investment in Allied Physicians Group, New York's largest independent pediatric provider, and Adjuvant.Health, a physician-led medical practice administration innovator. CareAbout, an MSO affiliated with Ascend, will partner with Adjuvant.Health to support practice administration and technology initiatives to expand care delivery and improve clinical quality across the New York market.

  • Buyer
    Ascend Capital Partners, CareAbout
    Target
    Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB)

    Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB), a South Florida primary-care and multi-specialty physician group, received an equity investment from healthcare-focused private equity firm Ascend Capital Partners and management partners at CareAbout. The funding will be used to expand MSPB's footprint, enhance value-based care services, and invest in additional clinical specialties across Palm Beach and Broward counties.

  • Buyer
    Ascend Capital Partners, Kain Capital
    Target
    Rendr, Excelsior Integrated Medical Group

    Ascend Capital Partners and Kain Capital are backing the combination of Rendr and Excelsior Integrated Medical Group to create a New York City integrated multi-specialty medical group operating under the name Rendr. The combined enterprise will include roughly 200 providers across nearly 100 sites, expand value-based primary and specialty care for NYC's Asian community, and pursue investments in clinical services, facilities and technology.

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