Varsity Healthcare Partners (VHP) has announced the closing of its third private equity fund, VHP III, at $417 million. VHP, with offices in Los Angeles and Stamford, Conn., is a lower-middle-market private equity firm focused on healthcare services. Founded in 2014, VHP aims to commit equity investments ranging from $20 million to $60 million. With the closing of its third fund, total capital raised by VHP is approximately $816 million.…

McGuireWoods is undertaking a yearlong effort to profile up-and-coming women leaders in private equity. This profile series complements our existing Women Leaders in Private Equity profile series, which will continue throughout 2019. For this profile, we are pleased to feature Renny Sie, a vice president of business development and investor relations at Boyne Capital. Access her profile. To recommend a rising star for a future interview, email Amber Walsh at awalsh@mcguirewoods.com.…

Council Capital has announced it has sold its stake in EspriGas to an entity affiliated with Kaltroco. EspriGas, based in Atlanta, is a medical and industrial gas company. Council Capital, based in Nashville, Tenn., is a healthcare-focused private equity firm. Council seems to make control and minority investments in lower-middle-market companies with enterprise values between $10 million and $50 million. Kaltroco is a private investment company with operations in United States and Europe.…

The CapStreet Group has announced it has completed a majority recapitalization of Surgical Notes. Surgical Notes, headquartered in Dallas, is a healthcare technology company that develops and provides revenue cycle products and services for the ambulatory surgery center industry. CapStreet, based in Houston, is private equity firm that invests in owner-managed, lower-middle-market companies. The firm seeks investments in the value-added distribution, industrial services and manufacturing, and business-to-business service sectors. Terms of the recapitalization…

McGuireWoods is undertaking a yearlong effort to profile up-and-coming women leaders in private equity. This profile series complements our existing Women Leaders in Private Equity profile series, which will continue throughout 2019. For this profile, we are pleased to feature Meahgan O’Grady, head of origination at Long Point Capital. Access her profile. To recommend a rising star for a future interview, email Amber Walsh at awalsh@mcguirewoods.com.…

McGuireWoods has long been an avid supporter of the advancement of professional women. As part of our initiative seeking to expand the leadership of women in private equity, we are continuing our series of profiling women leaders in private equity. We are hopeful that this series will serve to inspire other women to pursue their careers in private equity in a way that best challenges and motivates them, which these impressive women have all done.…

DW Healthcare Partners has announced it has closed its fifth fund with $610 million in commitments. DW Healthcare Partners, with its U.S. office in Park City, Utah, is a private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare. Founded in 2002, DW Healthcare Partners primarily pursues control investments in North American, middle-market companies. The firm noted that its newest fund — DW Healthcare Partners V (Fund V) — was oversubscribed. The fund brings DW Healthcare Partners’…