CONCEPT — a vision of vfg.pet by Caden Partners
Veterinarian-led · Specialty & primary care

Stay an owner. Build something bigger.

A veterinarian-led alternative to the traditional consolidators. Partner with VFG, sell a stake, and remain an owner of what you built — and of what it becomes.

5Practices, 3 states
$20.8M2025 revenue
100+Acquisitions by our founders
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After decades of consolidation, the best exit still didn't exist.

Sell 100% and become an employee — or hold forever. VFG is the third option: a platform led by veterinarians, where founders take money off the table and stay owners.

The model

Co-ownership, not a buy-out.

The corporate consolidator

  • Sell 100% — cash out and exit
  • Become an employee during the pay-out
  • Non-veterinary leadership sets strategy
  • Your brand is rebranded and absorbed
  • The legacy ends when the pay-out does

The VFG partnership

  • Co-own — sell a stake, keep a stake
  • Stay a partner and a practicing owner
  • Veterinarians keep clinical autonomy
  • Your brand and culture are preserved
  • Associates carry the legacy forward
The platform

Already built, and compounding.

0Specialty & ER practices
$0M2025 pro-forma revenue
$0M2025 EBITDA
0%Blended gross margin

Anchored by a $10.7M emergency & specialty hospital, with ophthalmology, dermatology and oncology across Arizona, Colorado and Missouri — and a clear path from 9.8% to 15–20% EBITDA as the platform scales.

Leadership

Built by veterinarians who have done this.

RM

Dr. Reuben Merideth

Chairman

Founded Eye Care for Animals — the world's largest veterinary ophthalmology group. Sold to Thrive in 2017.

TB

Dr. Tom Butera

Chief Executive Officer

Co-founded PetPartners (65 practices, 500+ veterinarians). Sold to Mars / VCA in 2016; then acquired 60+ more.

GF

Gael Forterre

Chief Financial Officer

Serial entrepreneur and operator; a 35.4x exit over seven years. Brings the platform and capital discipline.

Take money off the table,
and keep your equity.
Two ways in

Whether you own a practice — or capital.

Insights

From the platform.

All insights
Contact

Start a conversation.

Every partnership is designed around where you are and where you want to go. Tell us about your practice — we'll meet you there.

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