Investment Summary

WestView Capital Partners Invests In Unified Patents

On December 20, 2019, private equity firm WestView Capital Partners invested in business services company Unified Patents

Investment Highlights
  • This is WestView Capital Partners’ 9th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is WestView Capital Partners’ 43rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is WestView Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Maryland.

Investment Summary
Date 2019-12-20
Target Unified Patents
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) WestView Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) DCA Partners
D.A. Davidson (Financial)
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC (Legal)

Target

Unified Patents

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
Unified Patents is an international membership organization that seeks to improve patent quality and deter unsubstantiated or invalid patent assertions in defined technology sectors through its activities. Its actions are focused broadly in technology areas or “zones” with substantial assertions by standard essential patent holders and/or non-practicing entities. These actions may include analytics, prior art, invalidity contests, patentability analysis, administrative patent review (PTAB), amicus briefs, economic surveys, and essentiality studies. Unified Patents works independently of its members to achieve its deterrence goals. Unified Patents was founded in 2012 and is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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Investor

WestView Capital Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 2.7B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

WestView Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market companies. WestView looks to commit between $20 and $100 million in a variety of recapitalization, growth financing, buyout and consolidation transactions. Prospective companies generally exhibit consistent growth and financial performance as well as sustainable competitive advantages and market position. Sectors of interest include business services, industrial and manufacturing, distribution and logistics, consumer products and retail, healthcare services, environmental services, and media/publishing. The Firm's geographic preference is North America. WestView Capital Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 56
Sector (Business Services) 9 of 12
Type (Growth Capital) 20 of 29
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 43 of 56
Year (2019) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-04 RSi

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

RSi is a provider of revenue cycle management services to hospitals and health systems. Through its client-focused culture, RSi delivers accounts receivable management and revenue cycle outsourcing services to accelerate provider cash flow, improve operating efficiencies and enhance profitability without sacrificing patient experience. RSi solutions span the full RCM continuum, providing both point solutions to address specific client challenges and full end-to-end RCM outsourcing. RSi was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-07 Shelby Group

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Shelby Group is a procurement technology consultancy with deep experience in Coupa and Ivalua solutions. Shelby Group was founded in 2002 and is based in Schaumburg, Illinois.

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