$250M dental firm chews new owner

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Quad-C Management, a private equity firm that owns Dental Care Alliance, a dental practice management firm that has nearly doubled revenues since 2011, has sold the business to another investment company.

Charlottesville, Va.-based Quad-C sold Dental Care Alliance, with a headquarters in Lakewood Ranch, to New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners, according to the release. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

Quad-C acquired Dental Care in 2012. Funds from Quad-C helped Dental Care affiliate with more than 20 dental practices in the last three years. The company, with more than 100 employees who work out of its corporate offices, had $254 million in revenues in 2014, up 88% over $135 million in revenues in 2011.