Edison Venture Completes Follow-On Investment in Health Market Science
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - April 20, 2009 -- Edison Venture Fund announced
completion of a $2.9 million follow-on investment in Health Market
Science headquartered in King of Prussia, PA. Edison led $5.6 million
financing with three institutional limited partners and management
coinvesting. Edison's cumulative HMS investment reached $17 million.
HMS maintains the leading healthcare master file of over four
million providers, one million healthcare organizations and the
affiliations between them. HMS delivers offers claims information,
master data management solutions and advanced analytics to customers
across the healthcare landscape. John Martinson, Managing Partner
noted, “The expanded sales force has accelerated revenue growth.”
“Customers raved about HMS's innovative new products and physician data
sources,” continued Rob Finn, Analysis Associate.
John
Martinson and Steve Wray, Cadient CEO, serve on the HMS Board of
Directors. Wray is a member of the Edison Director Network. Darry
Oliver, Edison CFO, serves as BOD observer. Rob Finn conducted Edison's
due diligence.
Edison has been investing in software
companies serving the drug industry since 1988. Edison's pharma IT
exits include Dendrite, InnaPhase, Marcam, POMS and Taratec which
averaged 9X return. Current portfolio companies include Cadient,
CambridgeSoft, iContracts, Octagon, Sela2, Sentrx, SmartAnalyst,
Systech and Verilogue.
Edison has been the sole or lead
investor in most of 44 Pennsylvania-based companies. Assessment
Systems, Eastern Telelogic, E-Transport, Insoft, Liberty Technologies,
Nobel Learning, Submicron Systems, Thermacore and VirtualEdge all
returned over 5X Edison's investment. Active Pennsylvania investments
include Fiberlink, Neat, Portico, Satori, Silicon Power, True Commerce
and WAM.
About Edison Venture Fund
Established in 1986, Edison partners with entrepreneurs, service providers and other financing sources to build successful companies. Edison provides capital and value-added services
to expansion stage ($5 to 20 million revenue), information technology
businesses. Initial investments range from $5 to 8 million. Edison
typically serves as the sole or lead investor in financings up to $10
million. In addition to providing expansion capital,Edison funds
management buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock
purchases.
Edison's investment professionals are based in Lawrenceville, NJ, McLean, VA, New York, NY and Needham, MA. Industry specialties include application software, communications,
financial technology, interactive marketing, healthcare &
pharmaceutical IT. Edison's successes include Axent, Best Software,
Gain Capital, Liberty Tax, MathSoft, Princeton Financial, Visual
Networks, Vocus and many other information technology leaders,which
have a combined market value exceeding $5 billion. Edison currently has
$550 million under management and is actively making new investments.
www.edisonventure.com
About Health Market Science
Health
Market Science is the leading source for healthcare provider data and
advanced analytics in the United States. Health Market Science has
developed unique technology and expertise to continuously acquire,
analyze, and integrate over 2,500 distinct data sources to create and
maintain the single most comprehensive and accurate source of
healthcare provider information available today. The HMS MasterFile™ includes detailed reference information for over 4.5 million individual providers and 1.0 million healthcare organizations.
Serving
all segments of healthcare, including pharmaceutical manufacturers,
biotechs, device manufacturers, payers, providers, and pharmacy chains,
Health Market Science is the only company that offers claims
information, advanced analytics and the reference data that powers
them. This unique combination results in dramatically higher data
accuracy and reliability, enabling our customers to increase revenues,
drive operational efficiencies, achieve regulatory compliance, and
maximize market opportunities.
Recognized on the Inc. 500
as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States
and 10th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Greater
Philadelphia, our more than 200 customers include 20 of the top 20
pharmaceutical manufacturers, 10 of the 15 largest device
manufacturers, and 3 of the top 5 pharmacy chains. Health Market
Science is a privately held company located in King of Prussia, PA. For
more information, visit www.healthmarketscience.com.
For Press or Media Inquiries, please contact:
Zach Henderson
Vice President, Marketing, Product Development and Analytics
Phone: 610-457-0436
zhenderson@healthmarketscience.com