Nurse Recruiter Raises $3.3M From Private Equity Lender
Valley Healthcare recruits nurses and uses an online portal to make sure they have the proper credentials, licenses, background checks and testing to work in California. “There is a huge shortage of nurses in California, and it is getting worse,” said Jose Blanco, managing partner of Central Valley Fund.
The Sacramento Business Journal:
Fast-Growing Sacramento Nursing Recruiter Gets Private Equity Financing
The Sacramento-based traveling nurse recruiter Valley Healthcare Staffing raised $3.3 million from the Central Valley Fund, the Davis-based private equity lender reported Tuesday. Valley Healthcare was started in 2002 to recruit nurses and physicians to work in California. The company in recent years has concentrated primarily on nurses. (Anderson, 3/29)