Posts by Author: Melani Seymour

Selling Your Veterinary Practice to Veterinary Innovative Partners: A Vet’s 2026 Guide Key takeaways Veterinary Innovative Partners (VIP) is veterinarian-owned and veterinarian-operated by its four founders, with Health Enterprise Partners as the private-equity sponsor through its HEP III fund. The earlier rumor that VIP is owned by Innovatus Capital was not confirmed by any source.…

Selling Your Veterinary Practice to Suveto: A Vet’s 2026 Guide Key takeaways Suveto is a veterinarian-ownership network, not a straight cash-buyout consolidator. Its defining feature is the VSOP — the Veterinary Stock Ownership Plan, through which every member of the Suveto Hospital Network becomes an owner of the network with no cost to buy in.…

Selling Your Veterinary Practice to Rarebreed Veterinary Partners: A Vet’s 2026 Guide Key takeaways Rarebreed Veterinary Partners is a private equity-backed veterinary support-services platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Portland, Maine. It remains operator-led under co-founder and CEO Dan Espinal. Revelstoke Capital Partners is the majority sponsor following a December 2021 recapitalization investment, with…

Selling Your Veterinary Practice to PetVet365: A 2026 Vet Owner’s Guide Key takeaways PetVet365 is a veterinarian-owned de novo network — it builds new hospitals from the ground up rather than acquiring established independent practices. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Lexington, KY, PetVet365 has grown to more than 20 hospitals across Ohio, Kentucky, and…

Selling Your Veterinary Practice to Lovet: A Vet’s 2026 Guide Key takeaways Lovet Pet Health Care is the veterinary brand of The Aspen Group (TAG) — a multi-brand retail healthcare organization backed by Ares Management, Leonard Green & Partners, American Securities, and AustralianSuper per public disclosures. Lovet is NOT a standalone veterinary-focused PE platform. The…