# Platform acquisition

**Platform acquisition:** A platform acquisition is an investor’s purchase of a dental group large enough to serve as the base (management team, systems and brand) onto which later add-on practices are bolted.

A platform acquisition is an investor’s purchase of a dental group large enough to serve as the base (management team, systems and brand) onto which later add-on practices are bolted.

The platform is the first step of a roll-up; add-on acquisitions follow.

Source: DDSIntel glossary, https://ddsintel.com/glossary/platform-acquisition

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