Gianluca Carrera
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2026-09-15N/ANot relevant✓ Reviewed

Neuberger and KKR agree significant minority stake in health-data platform Datavant alongside New Mountain

On 15 September 2026, Neuberger and KKR agreed to take an equity stake in Datavant, the US health records network reaching 80,000+ providers and 75 of the top 100 US health systems. New Mountain Capital, invested since 2014, keeps its controlling position. Terms were not disclosed and closing is expected in Q4 2026.

Where the rake sits

Datavant owns the rake: it is the substrate holder and it does the tokenisation/linkage enrichment that makes the network valuable. This transaction is a minority equity recapitalisation of the rake-holder, not a data transaction — no data asset crosses a perimeter, so there is no route to classify.

What happened

  • Announced 15 September 2026; expected to close Q4 2026, subject to customary closing conditions; terms and valuation not disclosed.
  • Neuberger invests through Neuberger Capital Solutions and Neuberger Private Markets; KKR invests primarily through funds and accounts managed by its Strategic Investments Group.
  • New Mountain Capital, first invested in Datavant in 2014, retains its controlling position after the transaction.
  • Datavant's network reaches 80,000+ providers, 75 of the top 100 US health systems and 350+ ecosystem partners; the company states that data moving through it touches 90% of the US population and 80% of Medicare Advantage participants; more than 60m records move across the network.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities was sole placement agent and lead financial advisor to Datavant, with Jefferies and Wells Fargo also advising; Ropes & Gray advised Datavant and New Mountain; Latham & Watkins represented Neuberger and KKR.
  • Neuberger Private Markets managed more than $165bn of investor commitments as of 31 March 2026; Neuberger Capital Solutions manages approximately $12bn across 90+ companies in three funds; New Mountain manages approximately $60bn.

Who is involved

Datavantestablished

US healthcare data collaboration platform that de-identifies and links patient records across the ecosystem; connects more than 80,000 providers and clinics, 75 of the top 100 US health systems and 350+ ecosystem partners, moving 60m+ records. Formed by the 2021 Datavant/Ciox merger valued at $7.0bn.

Reported revenue >$700m at the time of the 2021 Ciox merger ($7.0bn transaction)

Neubergerestablished

Investing here through Neuberger Capital Solutions and Neuberger Private Markets; a private-markets investor, on the buy-side of a minority stake in Datavant. Not a data operator in this deal.

n/d for these specific vehicles; parent Neuberger Berman is a large asset manager

KKRlisted

Global alternative asset manager; investing here primarily through its Strategic Investments Group. Financial buyer of a minority stake, not a data operator.

NYSE: KKR

New Mountain Capitalestablished

New York-based private equity firm; original Datavant/Ciox backer since 2014 and retains control after this transaction. Long-horizon healthcare PE sponsor.

n/d in this filing

The reading

Where the work is

Enrichment work continues to be done by Datavant itself - the tokenisation layer, Connect linkage, the Apixio-derived Clinical Insights Platform launched in March 2025, and the Aetion real-world evidence stack it has rolled up - with the raw records remaining inside the 80,000+ providers and 350+ data partners on the network. This transaction does not change where that work sits: it is a cap-table event in which New Mountain, invested since 2014, keeps control while Neuberger Capital Solutions, Neuberger Private Markets and KKR's Strategic Investments Group take a significant minority, with cl

Enrichability

The provisional 'sell / owner-enriched' tag reads the headline as if the data asset were being sold; it is not. The payers in this event are Neuberger and KKR, and their decision is a portfolio-investment one about Datavant's equity, not a decision reached by using Datavant's substrate (which campaign to run, which risk-adjusted member to code, which cohort to recruit). On the operating business the paying buyers are health plans, providers and life-sciences firms whose decisions - risk adjustment, cohort selection, record retrieval for claims and research - are fed by the fact that Datavant's

The boundary

Nothing in the Datavant substrate crossed to Neuberger or KKR: no records, no tokens, no customer relationships moved. What crossed was a minority equity interest from existing holders, with New Mountain explicitly retaining control; terms and valuation were not disclosed.

Under-capture

Not determinable from this event. It is a financing transaction between equity holders rather than a data deal, so there is no customer price, scope or clause here against which under-capture could be read; the better place to ask the question is in Datavant's underlying payer, provider and life-sciences contracts, which are not disclosed.

Why it matters

A minority financing into a data platform is not itself a data deal - no substrate crossed, no buyer was pointed at a specific call - but the investors' stated thesis (a network 'difficult to replicate', a role as 'connective tissue') is a bet that Datavant's owned rake will hold as clinical AI and connected health data become the next set of buyer decisions the substrate is pointed at.

The argument this deal tests: The rake is decided before the negotiation begins

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