Council Capital Explained

Council Capital
Foundation:2000
Founder:Dennis C. Bottorff
Location City:Nashville, Tennessee
Location Country:United States
Location:30 Burton Hills Boulevard
Homepage:councilcapital.com

Council Capital is a private equity and venture capital healthcare firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

History

The firm was founded in 2000 by Nashville businessman Dennis C. Bottorff as Council Ventures.[1] [2] It changed its name to Council Capital in 2011.[2] It has US$150 million of assets under management.[3]

Council Capital invests in "growth and early-growth stage health care companies."[2] It has received funding from TNInvestco.[3]

Investments

The firm invested in Senior Whole Health, a Massachusetts-based healthcare insurance company, in 2004.[4] By 2011, it sold its stake.[4]

In 2011, it invested in Payment America Systems Inc., a healthcare company which provides "total revenue cycle management" of "patient-responsibility receivables."[3]

It invested US$3.25 million in Ingenious Med, a healthcare software company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2011.[5] By 2014, after vastly expanding its marketshare, including selling its product to the Hospital Corporation of America, Council Capital sold its stake to North Bridge Growth Equity, a private equity firm based in Massachusetts.[5]

In 2013, the firm acquired a majority stake in TMG Gases, a medical gas (including oxygen) company.[6]

In October 2018, Council Capital invested in The Center for Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Health and The Clinical Research Center of New Jersey.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Company Overview of Council Capital . Bloomberg Business . November 13, 2015 .
  2. News: Nannie . Philip . September 16, 2011 . Council Ventures is now Council Capital . NashvillePost.com . November 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030035/https://nashvillepost.com/blogs/postbusiness/2011/9/16/council_ventures_is_now_council_capital . November 17, 2015 . dead .
  3. News: November 29, 2011 . Council Capital invests in Payment America . Philip. Nannie . NashvillePost.com . November 13, 2015 .
  4. News: November 16, 2011 . Council sells insurer stake . Geert. De Lombaerde . NashvillePost.com . November 13, 2015 .
  5. News: October 22, 2014 . Council Capital sells stake in Atlanta Inc. 5000 company . NashvillePost.com . November 13, 2015 .
  6. News: July 30, 2013 . Council buys majority stake in gas supplier . NashvillePost.com . November 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030557/https://nashvillepost.com/news/2013/7/30/council_buys_majority_stake_in_gas_supplier . November 17, 2015 . dead .
  7. Web site: Council Capital invests in New Jersey entity. Nashville Post. 30 October 2018 . en. 2020-03-24.