Investment Summary

Camden Partners Invests In Essence Healthcare

On July 19, 2011, growth capital firm Camden Partners invested in software company Essence Healthcare

Investment Highlights
  • This is Camden Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Camden Partners’ 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Camden Partners’ 1st transaction in Missouri.

Investment Summary

Date 2011-07-19
Target Essence Healthcare
Sector Software
Investor(s) Camden Partners
Deal Type Venture

Target

Essence Healthcare

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Essence Healthcare offers people with Medicare comprehensive and affordable health insurance that focuses on wellness, care coordination, and personal service. Essence’s Medicare Advantage plans bundle hospital, medical, and prescription drug coverage together into one plan with one affordable monthly premium, and include additional benefits not covered under the Original Medicare program. Essence Healthcare was formed in 2004 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Camden Partners

Owings Mill, Maryland, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 700M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Camden Partners is a growth-oriented private investment firm focused on direct investments as well as structured capital solutions. Camden's direct private equity practice targets equity investments up to $15 million in businesses operating in the technology, software, business services, and education sectors. Prospective companies generally have proven management, proprietary products or high barriers to entry, recurring revenue, and proven business models. Camden Partners was formed in 1995 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 38
Sector: Software M&A 3 of 7
Type: Venture M&A Deals 8 of 11
State: Missouri M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 19 of 37
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-14 Webmedx

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Webmedx is a provider of medical documentation services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-21 Planet

Galway, Ireland

Planet is a provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services. Planet Payment provides services in 23 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, North America, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, primarily through its 76 acquiring bank and processor customers. Its point-of-sale and e-commerce services help merchants sell more goods and services to consumers, and together with its ATM services are integrated within the payment card transaction flow enabling its acquiring customers, their merchants and consumers to shop, pay, transact and reconcile payment transactions in multiple currencies, geographies and channels. Planet was founded in 1985 and is based in Galway, Ireland.

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