Behavioral health deals have seen a sharp decline in Q2, which is in line with nearly every other subsector of the market. That’s according to data from Fort Myers, Florida-based M&A consulting firm Mertz Taggart, Behavioral Health Business reports. After a record breaking 2021(158 deals), and then an active first quarter (40 deals), behavioral health deals have finally slowed to 30.
Eighty percent of the deals in Q2 were private equity or venture capital transactions, according to the report. All of the venture capital deals included an element of technology “that provided scalable accessibility to patients.” Read more.
