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VSS is a private investment firm that invests in the information, business services, healthcare and education industries. Since 1987, VSS has partnered with lower middle-market companies working closely with management teams, providing flexible capital solutions to drive growth. VSS has the ability to invest control or non-control capital, based on the needs of the company’s objectives.

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Strategy and Criteria

VSS focuses on key growth industries in the lower middle-market where transformative technology is empowering innovative business solutions.

VSS seeks to invest in and build value in established companies which are well-positioned for sustainable growth.  Our flexible and creative capital solutions are used to finance growth initiatives, add-ons acquisitions, and majority and minority recapitalizations. Through close engagement with owners and managements teams, we leverage our industry experience, financial expertise, and contacts to help grow and improve the business.

Flexible Capital

Mezzanine, Subordinated Debt, Preferred Equity, Common Equity

Use of Proceeds

Growth Capital, Acquisitions, Recapitalizations, Management buyouts, Buyouts of non-active partners, Shareholder liquidity

$1 – $25mm

EBITDA

$10 – $50mm

Investment Range

Industry Expertise

VSS maintains a focus on those sectors and investments where technology can transform traditional, high-demand businesses. Our fund’s focus is on Business Services, Healthcare, Information, and Education, all economically vital industries, which address important growth sectors for the economy.

Business Services

  • Business Process Outsourcing
  • Business Operations Software
  • Human Resource Services
  • Financial Processing Services
  • Technology-Enabled Business Services
  • Hosting & Data Centers

Healthcare (IT and Services)

  • Intelligence, Analytics & Benchmarking
  • Decision Support Software
  • Population Health Management
  • RCM, Practice Management Software & EHRS
  • PPMs, MCOs & Multi-Site Providers
  • Behavioral Health & Substance Abuse

Information

  • Financial, Credit & Economic
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • Legal, Regulatory & Tax
  • Scientific & Technical
  • Research & Development

Education

  • College and K-12 Digital Content
  • Education Technology & Services
  • Distance Learning
  • Specialty Training & Certification

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TEAM

Team

Our senior team has worked collaboratively with eighty-one portfolio companies assisting with 350 add-ons for close to thirty years. Our seasoned professionals bring together a wealth of financial, operational, and industry expertise and a commitment to rigorous, informed dialogue to devise the best outcomes for each investment at every stage in the growth process.

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News & Media

  • VSS In The News: Managing Director, Patrick Turner, discusses M&A valuations at The 2019 Deal Economy Conference
    December 4, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions Discipline Crucial in 2020 By Alexandra Garfinkle Published: December 3rd, 2019 M&A valuations remain frothy and Ebitda adjustments are growing, panelists cautioned at The 2019 Deal Economy Conference. M&A valuations remain frothy and, though some sellers...
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  • Coretelligent and VSS Acquire SoundView IT Solutions, LLC, Marking the Completion of Financial Services Portfolio
    November 19, 2019
    Westwood, Mass. – November 19, 2019 — Coretelligent, a leading provider of comprehensive managed IT and private cloud services and a portfolio company of VSS, a private investment firm, today jointly announced the acquisition...
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  • VSS Completes Minority Investment in Powerhouse
    October 18, 2019
    Fast-Growing Company Poised to Pursue Next Chapter of Growth with New Investment NEW YORK – OCTOBER 17, 2019 – Private investment firm VSS today announced that it has completed a minority investment in Powerhouse (“the...
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  • Trent Hickman, Managing Director, VSS featured in SC Media, Rethinking Cyber risks amid rapidly evolving threat environment
    October 9, 2019
    In today’s world, it may be tempting for smaller businesses to avoid addressing cybersecurity when it’s often large, well-financed corporations that are making headlines for experiencing data breaches. That may explain why smaller businesses,...
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Contact

390 Park Avenue
13th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 935-4990
Investor Relations
Lacey Mehran
(212) 381-8455
mehranl@vss.com