ARCHIVED  December 1, 1997

Publisher’s Notebook: National PetCare lands $10 mil. investment

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FORT COLLINS — Don˜t accuse Gary Burge of barking up the wrong tree. Burge, president and CEO of Fort Collins-based National PetCare Centers Inc., has convinced a $3 billion venture-capital company to invest $10 million in his company.Advent International, one of the world˜s largest venture-capital firms with investments in 14 countries, has agreed to invest the funds in exchange for a minority ownership stake in National PetCare.
Founded in June 1996, National PetCare is building a national network of veterinary hospitals. This year alone, the company has purchased 10 hospitals, merging some with existing facilities, for a total of 28…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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