D4C Dental Brands – Transition Your Practice

OWNERSHIP PATH

The layers behind the sign

1. Business or brandD4C Dental Brands – Transition Your Practice
2. Parent platformD4C Dental Brands

   D4C Dental Brands – Transition Your Practice is listed by an official source as part of D4C Dental Brands.

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3. Controlling private-equity ownerCressey & Company

   Cressey & Company is the current investment firm connected to D4C Dental Brands. Current control: A D4C corporate biography for CEO Michael Lindley states that he "currently serves as Chairman and CEO of D4C Dental Brands, LLC, a portfolio company of Cressey and Company," which is direct primary evidence that D4C is presently a portfolio company of the private equity firm Cressey & Company and that Cressey is the lead financial sponsor.[2] This is a current, company-hosted statement and therefore qualifies as a primary source for ownership status. Transaction history and exited investors: Multiple independent transaction sources describe the December 2016 acquisition of D4C Dental Brands by Cressey & Co. (Cressey & Company) with HarbourVest Partners participating.[3][4][12] Mergr’s transaction page reports that the buyers were Cressey & Co. and HarbourVest Partners in 2016, and its company overview explicitly states that D4C Dental Brands "is owned by Cressey & Co. and HarbourVest Partners" and is PE-backed.[3][4] A Q4 2016 dental services newsletter from Provident Healthcare Partners similarly notes that "Cressey & Company has acquired D4C Dental Brands" and that D4C was previously backed by W Capital Partners and Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company (now BPOC).[6] Houlihan Lokey’s transaction announcement references "the sale of D4C Dental Brands to Cressey & Company in December 2016" as a closed transaction.[12] BPOC’s own portfolio directory lists D4C Dental Brands with an investment date of 2010 and an exit date of 2016 (partial), describing D4C as a dental support organization focused on pediatric and orthodontic care.[15][11] This is a primary sourc

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