Lucent Health acquired by Gauge Capital

Overview

Deal Type Mergers & Acquisitions
Client & Transactional Partners Lucent Health
NaviMed Capital
Gauge Capital
Our Role Sell-Side Advisor

Summary

Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets, served as exclusive financial advisor to Lucent Health Solutions, a portfolio company of NaviMed Capital, on its sale to Gauge Capital.

Lucent Health has established itself as a partner of choice for self-insured employers given its proven ability to reduce healthcare costs while simultaneously improving the member experience and health outcomes.

Cain Brothers was engaged to serve as Lucent Health’s advisor based on our deep knowledge of the employer health sector and proven M&A advisory expertise. Gauge Capital will support Lucent Health’s next phase of growth, which will include investments in product innovation as well as strategic acquisitions. In connection with the transaction, the Company’s founders and management team invested alongside Gauge Capital.

Nashville-based Lucent Health is a premier employer health company that leverages an integrated suite of cost containment, care management and navigation solutions to create superior savings and positive member experiences. Lucent Health generates attractive customer ROI based on the application of analytics that predict trends, simulate employer options, and custom engineer health plans for employers. Founded in 2014, Lucent Health supports more than 200,000 members in 41 states and has approximately 300 employees.

NaviMed Capital is a Washington, D.C.-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry that helps companies scale, through expansion and acquisition, while also facilitating liquidity for founders who are ready to transition their companies to the next phase of growth. NaviMed’s principals have a long track record of investing in some of the most innovative and well-respected healthcare growth companies.

Gauge Capital is a leading middle market private equity firm based in Southlake, Texas, which invests in rapidly growing services and technology-enabled companies in business services, food and consumer, government and industrial services, healthcare, and technology. Lucent Health will be the first investment in Gauge Capital Fund IV, with total commitments of $1.4 billion.

KeyBanc Capital Markets is a trade name under which the corporate and investment banking products and services of KeyCorp and its subsidiaries, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., member FINRA/SIPC (“KBCMI”), and KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank N.A.”), are marketed. Securities products and services are offered by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and by its licensed securities representatives. Banking products and services are offered by KeyBank N.A.

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