FOR FOUNDERS AND OWNERS ACROSS HEALTH IT
The next ascent for what you
built starts now.
Altera Digital Health is a leader in the health IT market and when we buy healthcare software companies, we keep them. There’s no fund clock. No forced migration. No sunset date. What sets us apart from other buyers is what happens the year after close: Your product goes in front of the hospitals, practices and health systems already running, and already compatible with a multitude of systems.
THE CHOICE IN FRONT OF YOU
Three kinds of buyers.
But one needs you to grow.
Most founders in health IT end up with a choice between a clock and a shelf.
Private equity will give you capital and a deadline. A holding company gives you permanence and then leaves you exactly where you are. At Altera, we know there’s a third option. Here’s a look at these options:
The clock.
Real capital and real ambition, priced against an exit in the not-so-distant future. Your roadmap starts driving the next sale process. Your customers eventually meet a new owner. One you didn’t pick.
The shelf.
Permanence, autonomy, and a promise that nothing will change. Which can be comforting, but can also end up as a problem: You keep the same client list, the same channel, and the same growth ceiling you had on your own.
A home and a market.
The permanence of a forever owner, plus a live channel into acute, community and ambulatory organizations. Not to mention clinical, RCM and interoperability operators who already sell into our base.
Altera is a business of N. Harris Computer Corporation, an operating group of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU). The capital is permanent because Constellation does not sell the businesses it buys.
THE RECORD BEHIND THE OFFER
You are not our first acquisition.
You would be our next one.
Altera itself was bought this way. In 2022, Harris acquired the business from Allscripts and has held it since. The acquisition machinery you’d be dealing with is Harris’, built over three decades and several hundred software transactions.
Acquisition volume, LOI conversion and cash-consideration figures are Harris-wide. The above data merely reflects past performance and is not a guarantee of future results.
WHAT JOINING US ACTUALLY GETS YOU
Five things a
founder can use
CONTACT US
Where to go next
We are not a growth-equity check that lets you keep 60% and then try again in four years. If your plan is a bigger swing with a bigger exit, another buyer is a better fit, and we’ll say so early rather than run you in circles.
If any of this sounds like the conversation you’ve been putting off, the criteria page is the fastest way to find out whether we’re a fit.
This web page is for information only and is not binding on Altera. If you enter any data into the “Contact Us” submission form, Altera will evaluate your submission and may contact you if there is mutual interest in further discussions regarding a transaction.
A permanent home and a live market for healthcare software companies. Altera Digital Health is a business of N. Harris Computer Corporation, an operating group of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU).
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