CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shore Capital Partners (“Shore” or “Shore Capital”), a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on microcap investing, is pleased to announce the sale of Behavioral Innovations (“BI”), a leading provider of center-based applied behavior analysis therapy (“ABA”) to early intervention children with autism spectrum disorder and other related developmental disabilities, to Tenex Capital Management.

芝加哥--（商业新闻短讯）--总部位于芝加哥的专注于microcap投资的私人股本公司Shore Capital Partners（“Shore”或“Shore Capital”）很高兴地宣布，将行为创新（“BI”）出售给Tenex Capital Management，这是一家领先的基于中心的应用行为分析疗法（“ABA”）提供商，面向自闭症谱系障碍和其他相关发育障碍的早期干预儿童。

Behavioral Innovations has 77 centers across Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado..

行为创新在德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州和科罗拉多州拥有77个中心。。

Shore partnered with BI in 2017 with the goal of providing best-in-class clinical care to children on the autism spectrum by rapidly opening new centers and training the high caliber clinicians necessary to deliver industry-leading care. In 2017, Shore completed a strategic partnership with Dan Nicholson and co-founders Carla Edwards and Lori Russo, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (“BCBAs”).

Shore于2017年与BI合作，旨在通过快速开设新中心和培训提供行业领先护理所需的高素质临床医生，为自闭症谱系儿童提供一流的临床护理。2017年，肖尔与董事会认证行为分析师（BCBA）丹·尼科尔森（DanNicholson）以及联合创始人卡拉·爱德华兹（CarlaEdwards）和洛里·鲁索（LoriRusso）完成了战略合作。

Led by Chief Executive Officer Dino Eliopoulos, BI has grown its center network from 13 centers in Texas and Oklahoma to 77 locations throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Under Dino’s leadership, BI opened 64 new clinics, dramatically improving access to quality care across its markets and creating 2,300+ new jobs across its center footprint.

在首席执行官迪诺·埃利奥普洛斯（DinoEliopoulos）的带领下，BI的中心网络已从德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州的13个中心发展到德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州和科罗拉多州的77个中心。在迪诺的领导下，BI开设了64家新诊所，极大地改善了其整个市场获得优质护理的机会，并在其中心范围内创造了2300多个新工作岗位。

BI plans to continue to rapidly expand into new geographies to offer autism therapy services to additional children..

BI计划继续快速扩展到新的地区，为更多的儿童提供自闭症治疗服务。。

“We are extremely proud of what the Behavioral Innovations team has built,” said John Hennegan, Chairman of the Behavioral Innovations Board and Founding Partner at Shore. “Through the company’s significant growth, the BI team remained committed to client-centered services and a patient-first culture above all else.

行为创新委员会主席兼Shore创始合伙人约翰·亨尼根（JohnHennegan）表示：“我们为行为创新团队所取得的成就感到无比骄傲。”。“通过公司的显著增长，BI团队仍然致力于以客户为中心的服务和病人至上的文化。

With a strong executive management team in place and a market with significant unmet demand, we look forward to following BI’s continued growth as a leading center-based ABA therapy provider.”.

有了强大的执行管理团队和大量未满足需求的市场，我们期待着随着BI作为领先的基于中心的ABA治疗提供商的持续增长。”。

“Shore’s partnership was invaluable and enabled us to expand rapidly,” said Eliopoulos. “We were able to move faster with less risk, given Shore’s years of experience investing in healthcare businesses and its deep bench of hands-on operational support typically only accessible to large-cap companies.”.

埃利奥普洛斯说：“肖尔的合作关系非常宝贵，使我们能够迅速扩张。”。“鉴于肖尔多年投资医疗保健业务的经验以及其深厚的实际操作支持，我们能够以更低的风险更快地行动。”。

“Since starting Behavioral Innovations in 2000, our primary focus has been providing best-in-class clinical care and autism therapy services. I am delighted that we have maintained this since expanding and adding new centers,” said Carla Edwards, Chief Clinical Officer and Co-Founder of Behavioral Innovations.

行为创新首席临床官兼联合创始人卡拉·爱德华兹（CarlaEdwards）表示：“自2000年启动行为创新以来，我们的主要重点一直是提供一流的临床护理和自闭症治疗服务。我很高兴自扩大和增加新中心以来，我们一直保持着这一点。”。

“We look forward to continuing to support children with autism and their families with clinical resources and support.”.

“我们期待着继续为自闭症儿童及其家人提供临床资源和支持。”。

Jon Kreiger of Calex Partners LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor and Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as legal advisor to Shore and BI.

Calex Partners LLC的Jon Kreiger担任独家财务顾问，Winston＆Strawn LLP担任Shore and BI的法律顾问。

About Shore Capital Partners

关于Shore Capital Partners

Shore Capital, a Chicago based private equity firm with offices in Nashville, is an investor in microcap companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, and Real Estate industries. Shore’s strategy is to support management partners to grow faster with less risk, through access to capital, world class board and operational resources, and unmatched networking, development, and shared learnings across the portfolio.

Shore Capital是一家总部位于芝加哥的私人股本公司，在纳什维尔设有办事处，是医疗保健、食品饮料、商业服务、工业和房地产行业microcap公司的投资者。肖尔的战略是通过获得资本、世界一流的董事会和运营资源，以及在整个投资组合中无与伦比的网络、开发和共享经验，支持管理合作伙伴以更低的风险更快地增长。

From 2020-2023 Shore received recognition from Inc Magazine as a 4x Top Founder Friendly Investor and by Pitchbook research for being the global leader in Private Equity total deal volume. Shore targets investments in proven, successful private companies with superior management teams, stable cash flow, and significant potential to grow through industry consolidation and organic growth to generate value for shareholders.

从2020年到2023年，Shore被《Inc》杂志评为四倍于创始人的最佳友好投资者，并被Pitchbook research评为私募股权总交易量的全球领导者。Shore的目标是投资于拥有卓越管理团队、稳定现金流以及通过行业整合和有机增长实现增长的巨大潜力的成熟、成功的私营公司，从而为股东创造价值。

Shore has over $7 billion of assets under management and in additional investment platforms to which it provides business and operational consulting services. For more information, including with respect to these awards and investment platforms, please visit: www.shorecp.com..

Shore管理着超过70亿美元的资产，并在其他投资平台上提供业务和运营咨询服务。欲了解更多信息，包括有关这些奖项和投资平台的信息，请访问：www.shorecp.com。。

About Behavioral Innovations

关于行为创新

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Behavioral Innovations provides center-based applied behavior analysis therapy (“ABA”) to children with autism spectrum disorder and other related developmental disabilities. Behavioral Innovations has 77 centers across Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. BI’s mission is to offer client-centered, evidence-based behavioral therapy for patients with autism in a nurturing learning environment, which has resulted in exceptional clinical outcomes.

行为创新总部位于德克萨斯州达拉斯，为自闭症谱系障碍和其他相关发育障碍儿童提供基于中心的应用行为分析疗法（“ABA”）。行为创新在德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州和科罗拉多州拥有77个中心。BI的使命是在培养学习环境中为自闭症患者提供以客户为中心的循证行为治疗，从而产生异常的临床结果。

For more information about Behavioral Innovations, please visit: www.behavioral-innovations.com..

有关行为创新的更多信息，请访问：www.behavior-Innovations.com。。