We acquire and grow great businesses.
We acquire and grow great businesses.
Panos Partners works with founders who have built outstanding businesses and are seeking a liquidity event. Our targets generally fit the following criteria:
We will consider other opportunities outside of our core criteria. Please contact us.
is a Dallas-based Private Equity firm that invests in growing middle market healthcare AND Business Services companies.
Bryan A. Scott is the Founder and a Managing Partner of Panos Partners. He is a seasoned executive with experience operating healthcare and tech-enabled service companies. He founded Panos Partners, fka Bridgepoint Partners, in 2005 after selling his second technology startup. During his early tenure at Bridgepoint Partners he managed a portfolio of healthcare, software and event-technology small businesses. Subsequently, he was the President of the Convention Division for Wyndham Jade before reconstituting Bridgepoint Partners as Panos Partners in November of 2016. Mr. Scott is a Wharton Business School alumnus and he completed both a Master and Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Brian Hart is a Managing Partner of Panos Partners. He is a seasoned financial executive with experience managing financial and credit services team operations. He decided to join the Panos Partner’s after a successfully tenure at Cheniere Energy working as part of their internal private equity team. Mr. Hart is an alumnus of both Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he respectively completed his Masters of Business Administration and Bachelors of Finance..
Kurt Lentz is an Operating Partner at Panos Partners. He brings 24+ years of experience in making private equity investments in entrepreneurial minded businesses across a variety of sectors and supporting the success of their leadership teams. He has led on all aspects of the investment process, has a track-record of building board-level leadership and delivering value to his portfolio company’s shareholders. He has been a leading principal at New State Capital Partners, Atlantic Street Capital, Sun Capital Partners and American Capital. Mr. Lentz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.
September 2021 - Panos Partners and Backcast Partners partnered to complete a strategic add-on to Panos’ platform company Memorial MRI & Diagnostic Imaging. Memorial MRI & Diagnostics, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and pain management services with seventeen locations throughout Texas. More information…
October 2019 - Panos Partners and Backcast Partners partnered to complete a growth capital investment in Memorial MRI & Diagnostics, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and pain management services with ten locations throughout Texas. More information…