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Inland Eye represents UVP’s fourth partnership as a portfolio company of Waud Capital and strengthens West Coast presence Unifeye Vision Partners (“UVP” or “the Company”), a leading network of comprehensive eye care providers and a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners (“Waud Capital”), today announced a strategic partnership with Colton, CA-based Inland Eye Institute (“IEI” […]

Northwest Eye represents UVP’s third partnership as a portfolio company of Waud Capital October 2018: Unifeye Vision Partners (UVP or the Company), a leading network of comprehensive eye care providers and a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners (Waud Capital), today announced a strategic partnership with Minneapolis-based Northwest Eye. Northwest Eye is one of the […]

Unifeye Vision Partners (UVP or the Company), a leading network of comprehensive eye care providers and a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners (Waud Capital), today announced its strategic partnership with Pacific Eye Institute (PEI). Pacific Eye Institute is the leading comprehensive ophthalmic service provider in the Inland Southern California market with 17 ophthalmologists and […]

Unifeye Vision Partners (“Unifeye”, “UVP” or the “Company”), a leading network of comprehensive eye care providers and a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners (“Waud Capital” or “WCP”), has announced that accomplished healthcare industry executive Sami Abbasi has joined as Chief Executive Officer and President. “We are thrilled to have such a talented leader join […]

Last month, Minnesota Eye Consultants announced it was working with private equity investor Waud Capital to create an entity that could build a national eye care provider. In part two of our interview with MEC founder Richard Lindstrom, MD, we discuss the impact similar consolidations could have on the sector. Lindstrom discusses lessons learned from […]

Consolidation is coming to ophthalmology. Last month, Minnesota Eye Consultants agreed to partner with a private equity group to expand beyond the Twin Cities. In the first of a two-part podcast, founder Richard Lindstrom, MD, explains why the deal was done.

Waud Capital Partners (“Waud Capital” or “WCP”), a leading growth-oriented lower middle-market private equity firm, has announced a strategic partnership with Minnesota Eye Consultants (“MEC” or the “Group”), one of the premier providers of clinical eye care services in the United States. In connection with the partnership, Waud Capital has formed Unifeye Vision Partners (“UVP”), […]