Acquisition to Accelerate Rapid Evidence-Based Program Adoption and International Expansion for Behavioral Health Enablement Platform
NEW YORK, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NexPhase Capital, LP ("NexPhase" or "NPC"), a thematically driven and operationally focused private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Empower Community Care ("Empower"), a leading global behavioral health enablement platform providing proprietary, evidence-based services and software to support at-risk youth, families, and communities. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2016, Empower is a market-leading, non-provider behavioral health platform that enables public systems and care providers to deliver high-quality, outcome-driven treatment, primarily to at-risk adolescent populations. Through a unique combination of proprietary, clinically validated evidence-based programs, training, consulting, and software tools, Empower equips its customers with the infrastructure and support needed to scale community-based care. Today, the company serves more than 2,000 customers across all 50 U.S. states and more than 35 countries, and has reached over three million families worldwide.
"At Empower, everything we do is rooted in our mission to support vulnerable youth, families, communities, and the systems that care for them," said Josh Glade, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Empower. "We are immensely proud of the outcomes our customers have achieved to date and are energized by the opportunity to deepen that impact even further. The NexPhase team understands the complexity of the behavioral health landscape and shares our commitment to scaling proven, community-based care. Together, we're excited to build on our momentum – helping our partners deliver meaningful change and bringing Empower's services to more individuals, families, and communities who need them."
"Empower has established a differentiated, go-to platform for public and nonprofit systems seeking proven, cost-effective alternatives to institutional care," said Joel Killion, Partner at NexPhase. "The company's unique model – rooted in deep clinical validation, scalable technology, and a mission-driven culture and team – has enabled the business to consistently deliver strong outcomes at scale. We're excited to partner with the Empower team to support this next chapter and are grateful to Northlane Capital Partners for their stewardship of the business over the last several years."
"We believe deeply in Empower's mission and in the transformative potential of evidence-based, community-rooted care," said Quint Carr, Principal at NexPhase. "This is a business that delivers tangible outcomes – for public systems, nonprofit partners, and most importantly, the families and individuals they serve. We look forward to supporting Empower's continued growth and expansion and helping the team reach more communities across the U.S. and globally."
Choate, Hall & Stewart, Gowling WLG, Haynes and Boone, and McDermott Will & Emery served as legal advisors to NexPhase. TripleTree and TM Capital served as financial advisors to Empower, and King & Spalding served as legal advisor.
About Empower Community Care
Empower is a leading global behavioral health organization responsible for distributing evidence-based programs and technologies. With over 120 employees serving more than 2,000 customers across 50 U.S. states and 35+ countries, Empower's mission is to transform the lives of troubled youth, adults, their families and communities. Our companies use scientifically proven treatments, approaches, and tools to improve services and care available to vulnerable populations. Additional information is available at www.empowercommunitycare.com.
About NexPhase Capital
NexPhase Capital is a thematically driven and operationally focused lower middle-market private equity firm that makes control investments in growth-oriented and capital-efficient companies within three distinct industry verticals: healthcare, software, and consumer. NexPhase partners with companies that have reached a growth inflection point and are seeking a value-added partner to help navigate the company's "next phase." The NexPhase team has extensive industry and operational experience and NPC's Partners have invested together for over 15 years. NexPhase has completed over 110 investments, including add-ons, and targets control equity investments between $40 million and $150 million. Since inception, NexPhase has raised and managed approximately $2.6 billion of capital. For more information, please visit www.NexPhase.com.
Media Contacts
Empower:
Danielle M. Politi, Chief Growth Officer
danielle.politi@empowercommunitycare.com
(678) 250-5063
NexPhase:
Kate Thompson / Erik Carlson / Kate Kelley
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212-355-4449
SOURCE NexPhase Capital
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