Posts by Author: Melani Seymour

Why Mission Pet Health Hosts Owner Events in 2026 — And What It Means for You I’ve sat across from enough practice owners at this point to know when a conversation has changed their thinking about a sale. Usually it isn’t a cold call from an acquisition team. It’s a warm dinner, a seminar, a…

What Mission Pet Health Looks for in a Practice in 2026 Key takeaways Mission Pet Health is the largest newly formed veterinary platform in the United States — the product of the late-2024 merger of Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP) and Mission Veterinary Partners (MVP), backed by Shore Capital Partners and Silver Lake Partners, valued at…

Southern Veterinary Partners Is Now Mission Pet Health: What It Means for Sellers in 2026 I had a call last spring with a vet in Georgia who had been tracking Southern Veterinary Partners for a couple of years — reading their materials, watching their growth, mentally categorizing them as one of the likely buyers for…

Questions to Ask Before Selling to Mission Pet Health in 2026 Key takeaways Mission Pet Health is the post-merger entity of Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP) and Mission Veterinary Partners (MVP) — the merger closed late 2024 and the unified brand launched July 21, 2025, backed by Shore Capital Partners and Silver Lake, with 930-plus locations…

Mission Pet Health Review 2026: What Sellers Should Know Before Deciding Key takeaways Mission Pet Health is the combined successor to Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP) and Mission Veterinary Partners (MVP) — formally merged December 2024, unified brand launched July 2025, backed by Shore Capital Partners and Silver Lake at an approximately $8.6 billion valuation. Scale:…