The BV Portfolio

  • Business & Information Services
    • NorthStar Travel Media Holdings, LLC
      September 2001 | Fund VI

      NorthStar Travel Media is the largest business-to-business travel publisher in the United States.  The NorthStar assets include leading titles that have been serving the travel industry for over 30 years.

    • New Track Media
      January 2006 | Fund VI

      New Track Media is an integrated, special-interest, consumer content business.  The Company’s strategy is to acquire and develop content platforms, such as books, conferences, shows, affinity clubs, and e-commerce businesses, .....

    • The Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB)
      January 2007 | Fund VII

      Since 1968, Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) has played an integral role in the clinical trial process for new drugs and medical devices.  WIRB’s information management solutions and compliance services .....

    • HomePages, LLC
      January 2007 | Fund VII

      HomePages is an independent, regionally-concentrated community yellow pages publisher of nearly 300 town-centric local yellow pages directories in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

    • 21st Services
      June 2007 | Fund VII

      21st Services is a leading provider of mission critical, life expectancy information that is currently used in the life settlement industry, the secondary market for life insurance.  The Company is .....

    • Oakstone Publishing
      June 2008 | Fund VII

      Oakstone Publishing is a leading provider of subscription-based continuing education content for doctors.  The Company also provides health and corporate wellness-related products and tools focused on reducing employer healthcare costs .....

    • PetroSkills
      September 2010 | Fund VII

      Founded in 1963 and based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, PetroSkills is the leading provider of technical traning for the oil and gas industry.

  • Communications
    • Harron Communications
      September 2005 | Fund VI

      Harron Communications provides cable television, broadband and commercial services to over 135 communities across the nine states of Alabama, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia.

    • En-Touch Holdings, LLC
      November 2006 | Fund VII

      En-Touch was founded in 1996 to specifically provide bundled communications services to large scale, quality master-planned communities.  In partnership with developers, the Company designs, builds, and operates broadband networks serving .....

    • Vision Communications
      December 2007 | Fund VII

      Founded in 1945, Vision Communications provides a full suite of residential and commercial communications services to customers located in southern Louisiana.

  • Media
    • Rave Reviews Cinemas, LLC
      November 1999 | Fund V and VI

      Rave Reviews Cinemas, LLC (Dallas, TX) is a U.S-based movie theater exhibition company.

    • Backyard Broadcasting
      April 2002 | Fund VI
      Backyard Broadcasting owns and operates 29 radio stations across six small-to-medium-size U.S. markets where there is a common emphasis on local identity and quality programming.
    • Smith Media, LLC
      November 2004 | Fund VI

      Smith Media currently owns and operates four network-affiliated television stations located in Burlington, VT; Santa Barbara, CA; Utica, NY.

    • Petty Holdings
      June 2008 | Fund VII

      Petty Holdings is a leading motorsports entertainment property.  The Company owns the Richard Petty Driving Experience (RPDE), an out-of-home entertainment company that produces NASCAR-style stock car driving experiences; certain intellectual .....

Press, Announcements & Events
BV Investment Partners Completes Sale of Vision Communications to EATEL
BOSTON, January 6, 2012 – BV Investment Partners (“BV”), has completed the sale of Vision Communications (“Vision” or the “Company”), a Louisiana-based communications and broadband services provider, to EATEL.  Vision provides .....
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BV Investment Partners To Sell Vision Communications To EATEL
BOSTON, September 20, 2011 – BV Investment Partners (“BV”), today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell Vision Communications (“Vision” or the “Company”), a Louisiana based communications and .....
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