Heartwood Partners
Randy Barko is an experienced investment professional with a focus on private equity, healthcare, and medical technology. As a Limited Partner and Advisor at Heartwood Partners and SV Health Investors, Randy Barko supports founder, family, and management-held businesses in achieving their goals while emphasizing conservative capital strategies. Randy Barko holds an emeritus position on the Board of Directors for MassMEDIC and serves on the boards of Trexel, Inc., and Harmac Medical Products, contributing to the advancement of medical technology and innovative solutions. Additionally, Randy Barko has held advisory roles with LRVHealth and Hub Angels Investment Group and has previously served on the Advisory Board of Veranex and as a Board member for Parkway Products and AdvaMed Accel. Randy Barko earned an AB degree from the University of Notre Dame.
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Heartwood Partners
Heartwood Partners, a middle market private equity firm founded in 1982, is differentiated by a unique lower-leverage, current cash yield approach designed to create partnership with continuing management. Our approach combines a conservative capital structure with strategic execution to support long-term growth, including organic and acquisition-driven expansion into new products, services, and end markets. In addition, we support each management team with our in-house Value Creation Specialists who provide deep, subject-matter expertise in strategic areas such as eCommerce and digital marketing, human capital and organizational design, and IT improvement and acquisition integration. We currently manage over $1.7 billion in investments and commitments, and our principals have invested in more than 100 platform and add-on acquisitions. Heartwood is currently investing from Heartwood Partners IV, LP, and is focused on founder, family and management-held businesses serving the food, agriculture, specialty chemicals, niche manufacturing, packaging, and industrial & consumer services markets. For additional information about Heartwood, please visit www.heartwoodpartners.com.