Behavioral Health Business February 29, 2024
Laura Lovett

Despite some public stumbles among private-equity-backed ABA providers, investors are still interested in the space.

And 2024 could be a crucial year for M&A for autism practices. This is partly because many ABA and autism providers completed their last transaction between 2017 and 2019.

“As you think about the typical investment period, for those Capital Partners, a number of them are thinking about an exit in 2024,” Christian Chauvet, a partner at Lee Equity, said during a Behavioral Health Business webinar. “We suspect we’ll see that activity materialized at some point this year.”

Middle-market PE firm Lee Equity is a veteran in the behavioral health space. In 2022, it purchased substance use disorder provider Bradford Health. It previously invested in...

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