NASHVILLE, Tenn. – February 25, 2025 – BluWave, the Business Builders’ Network that connects the private equity industry with best-in-class talent, industry consultants and service providers, today announced Council Capital as a 2025 Top PE Innovator Award winner*.
BluWave’s fourth annual Top Private Equity Innovator Awards recognize the top 2% of private equity firms that differentially embrace proactive due diligence, transformative value creation, modern private equity firm operations and corporate citizenship practices.
Tim Schulte, Partner at Council Capital, celebrated the recognition, stating, “Receiving this award from BluWave for the fourth year in a row reflects the strength of the partnerships that fuel our success. From our dedicated portfolio company teams and strategic CEO Council members to our engaged investors and talented team at Council Capital, each plays a critical role in driving innovation and impact. We remain committed to collaborating with healthcare businesses that share our mission of improving patient lives through high-quality services and cutting-edge solutions.”
The Top Private Equity Innovator awardees were selected by a cross-functional committee that assessed candidates in consultation with a broad universe of limited partners, investment bankers, industry thought leaders and service providers in the private equity ecosystem. As part of their selection process, the committee evaluated more than 6,000 private equity firms and utilized more than 75 different factors, incorporating more than 400,000 data points.
“The 2025 top private equity innovators are providing differential leadership in the world of business,” said Sean Mooney, founder and CEO of BluWave. “Their innovative practices are strengthening companies, creating jobs and catalyzing our economy.”
The Top Private Equity Innovator Awards are distinctive in that they involve no financial obligations from any participants and the selection process is independent of any customer relationships.
As the go-to connector of private equity-grade resources for due diligence and value creation needs of the business builders of PE, BluWave has a one-of-a-kind perspective that enables it to uniquely understand best practices and innovation in the private equity industry. For further information on the BluWave 2025 Top Private Equity Innovator Awards, including the selection process, selection criteria and recipients, please visit bluwave.net/awards.
ABOUT COUNCIL CAPITAL Council Capital is a prominent healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm invests in lower middle-market healthcare companies ($10-100M enterprise value) positioned on the ‘right side of change’ in the healthcare industry, where growth aligns with increasing cost pressure and quality demands. Council Capital’s unique model supports management teams in business growth by leveraging the relationships and resources of its CEO Council, Strategic Healthcare Investors, and Value Creation Team.
The Council network, anchored by its CEO Council of 34 senior private and public sector executives who have personally invested over $140M in the funds, maintains direct relationships with payers, providers, and employers, representing more than two-thirds of the country’s managed care lives, numerous provider organizations, and millions of self-insured lives.
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*BluWave, LP has not received investment capital from and holds no ownership interest in the PE firms evaluated or recognized under the PE Innovator awards program. BluWave received no compensation from any of the PE firms in connection with this awards program. BluWave, however, may otherwise provide services to the PE firms and/or portfolio companies, but BluWave confirms that its assessment of the PE firms was independent of any such service arrangements. Top 2% in the PE industry is based on BluWave’s review of the more than 6,000 PE firms in the U.S. and Canada, from which the private equity firms were selected as award recipients.