M&A Deal Summary

Nautic Partners Acquires Proud Moments

On February 3, 2025, private equity firm Nautic Partners acquired healthcare services company Proud Moments from Audax Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nautic Partners’ 17th transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Nautic Partners’ 78th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Nautic Partners’ 4th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-02-03
Target Proud Moments
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Nautic Partners
Sellers(s) Audax Private Equity
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Calex Partners (Financial)

Target

Proud Moments

Brooklyn, New York, United States
Proud Moments provides care to all children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders while allowing their families the ability to affect positive change in their family dynamics. Proud Moments was founded in 2014 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nautic Partners

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 9.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Nautic Partners is a private equity firm focused on middle-market company investments based in the US. Nautic looks to invest $50 to $400 million of equity in businesses valued between $100 million and $1 billion. Nautic's industry focus is business services, manufacturing, healthcare, and communications. Prospective investment structures include buyouts, recapitalizations, consolidations, and growth financings. Nautic prefers majority investment positions. Nautic Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 79 of 82
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 17 of 17
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 23 of 25
State: New York M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 78 of 81
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-26 Vybond

Franklin, Kentucky, United States

Vybond is a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive tapes (specialty, foil, film, and duct) and adhesives. The Company offers more than 1,500 specialty SKUs across 500+ distinct product families to its diverse base of 1,500+ customers. The Company provides its specialty tapes and adhesives products to top customers serving the HVAC, building and construction, industrial, retail, medical, aerospace, automotive, and other specialty industries. Vybond is based in Franklin, Kentucky.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-07 Ideal Tridon

Smyrna, Tennessee, United States

Ideal Tridon is a global engineering solutions designer and manufacturer of stainless steel worm gear and specialty clamps and couplings for industrial, heavy duty, plumbing, irrigation, marine and automotive applications. Ideal Tridon was founded in 1913 and is based in Smyrna, Tennessee.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Audax Private Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 19.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Audax Private Equity is a private equity firm focused on acquiring control positions in a variety of mid to large North American headquartered companies. The Firm segments its activities into lower middle-market and larger scale investing. Within its larger group, Audax targets profitable businesses valued up to $800 million and within its lower middle-market group, the Firm seeks companies valued up to $125 million. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products/services, financial services, healthcare services, industrial services, software, and technology. Audax has a special interest in businesses that can benefit from a buy and build investment strategy for growth. Audax Private Equity was formed in 1999 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 104 of 109
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 12 of 12
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 57 of 61
State: New York M&A 6 of 6
Country: United States M&A 99 of 103
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-12 EIS

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EIS is a distributor, fabricator, and converter of electrical process materials, wire, cable, and assemblies serving end-user segments in electrical power and related markets. EIS was founded in 1946 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-02 Stout

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Stout is a global investment bank and advisory firm specializing in corporate finance, transaction advisory, valuation, financial disputes, claims, and investigations. Stout is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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