Sector

Private Equity in Healthcare

PE investment in healthcare services, multi-site providers, healthcare IT, and outsourced services across the care continuum.

Firms Active in Healthcare

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ABS Capital
Hunt Valley, United States

ABS Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focused on investments in software and tech-enabled services businesses across a range of industries.

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Adams Street Partners
Chicago, USA

Adams Street Partners is a global private equity firm headquartered in Chicago that specializes in fund of funds strategies, venture capital, and private credit.

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Advent International
Boston, USA

Advent International Corporation is an American private equity firm specializing in buyouts across Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia.

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Affinity Equity Partners
Singapore, Singapore

Affinity Equity Partners is a leading Pan-Asian private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions.

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American Securities
New York City, United States

American Securities is a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading companies, primarily within the industrial and B2B services sectors.

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Andreessen Horowitz
Menlo Park, U.S.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a leading American venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across all stages of growth.

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Apax Partners
London, United Kingdom

Apax Partners LLP is a major British private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in London. It is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms operating internationally, raising capital from institutional investors for large-scale buyouts and growth capital.

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Apollo Global Management
New York City, USA

Apollo Global Management is a leading American asset management firm that specializes in alternative asset investments across credit, private equity, and real assets.

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Ardian
Paris, France

Ardian is a French private equity firm and one of the largest European-headquartered investment funds.

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Arlington Capital Partners
Washington, DC, U.S.

Arlington Capital Partners is a Washington, DC-based private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout and recapitalization investments in middle market companies.

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Avista Capital Partners
New York City, United States

Avista Healthcare Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth capital and leveraged buyout investments in middle-market healthcare companies.

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Bain Capital
Boston, United States

Bain Capital is a leading American private investment firm that specializes in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.

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BC Partners
London, United Kingdom

BC Partners is a British private equity firm that invests in buyouts and investment opportunities across Europe and North America.

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BDT & MSD Partners
Chicago and New York City, U.S.

BDT & MSD Partners is an American merchant bank that provides investment banking advisory services and manages an investment platform focused on family and founder-led companies.

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Berkshire Partners
Boston, United States

Berkshire Partners LLC is an American private equity firm based in Boston that focuses on middle market company investments.

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Blackstone
New York City, U.S.

Blackstone Inc. is a leading American alternative investment management firm and the world's largest firm of its kind.

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Brentwood Associates
Los Angeles, United States

Brentwood Associates is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth-oriented investments in consumer and business services.

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Bridgepoint
London, United Kingdom

Bridgepoint Group is a British private investment company that specializes in private equity and credit funds, listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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Bridgepoint Capital
London, England

Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company that specializes in private equity and credit investments.

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Bridgepoint Group
London, United Kingdom

Bridgepoint Group is a British private investment company that specializes in middle-market buyouts and growth capital.

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Capvis
Baar, Switzerland

Capvis is a Swiss private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

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Carlyle Group
Washington, D.C., USA

The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.

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CCMP Capital
New York City, United States

CCMP Capital is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions.

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Cerberus Capital Management
New York City, United States

Cerberus Capital Management is an American global alternative investment firm specializing in credit, private equity, and real estate strategies.

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Charlesbank Capital Partners
Boston and New York City, United States

Charlesbank Capital Partners is an American private equity investment firm that specializes in middle-market investments across private equity and credit strategies.

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Chicago Growth Partners
Chicago, United States

Chicago Growth Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

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Cinven
London, United Kingdom

Cinven is a global private equity firm that acquires Europe and United States–based corporations, as well as emerging market firms that fit with its core business.

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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
New York City, United States

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is one of the world's oldest private equity firms, specializing in turnaround management and large-scale buyouts.

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CVC Capital Partners
St Helier, Jersey

CVC Capital Partners is a leading global private equity and investment advisory firm headquartered in Jersey, focused on private equity, secondaries, credit, and infrastructure.

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Diamond Castle Holdings
New York City, USA

Diamond Castle Holdings is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

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DLJ Merchant Banking
New York City, United States

DLJ Merchant Banking (now aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm originally founded as the investment arm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. It focuses on leveraged buyouts and managed a variety of investment vehicles across multiple alternative asset classes.

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
New York City, United States

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners was the private equity arm of the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and later Credit Suisse.

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EQT AB
Stockholm, Sweden

EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization and the second largest private equity firm worldwide based on funds raised as of 2026.

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EQT Partners
Stockholm, Sweden

EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization and one of the world's largest private equity firms.

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Equistone Partners Europe
London, United Kingdom

Equistone Partners Europe is a mid-market private equity firm that specializes in buyouts across Europe.

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Eurazeo
Paris, France

Eurazeo is a leading French private equity firm and investment group that manages a diversified portfolio of assets invested in over 600 companies.

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Five Arrows Capital Partners
Paris, France

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, deploying capital alongside private and institutional investors.

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Five Arrows Principal Investments
Paris, France

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, specializing in private equity and private credit strategies.

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Forstmann Little & Company
New York City, United States

Forstmann Little & Company was a prominent American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital.

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Fox Paine & Company
Woodside, United States

Fox Paine & Company is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions in specialized industries.

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General Atlantic
New York City, United States

General Atlantic is an American growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for global growth companies.

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Genstar Capital
San Francisco, United States

Genstar Capital is an American private equity firm that executes leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies based in North America.

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GI Partners
San Francisco, United States

GI Partners is an American private equity firm based in San Francisco that focuses on middle market investments.

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GTCR
Chicago, United States

GTCR is an American private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and industry consolidations known as roll-ups.

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H.I.G. Capital
Miami, United States

H.I.G. Capital is an American multinational alternative investment firm specializing in providing debt and equity capital to middle-market companies.

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HarbourVest Partners
Boston, United States

HarbourVest Partners is a global private equity investment manager and fund of funds that invests in venture capital, leveraged buyout funds, and directly in operating companies.

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Hellman & Friedman
San Francisco, United States

Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in service-oriented industries.

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Hillhouse Investment
Singapore, Singapore

Hillhouse Investment is a Singapore-headquartered global private equity firm that invests in businesses across various stages of their lifecycle.

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Investcorp
Manama, Bahrain

Investcorp is a Bahraini alternative investment company that manages assets across private equity, real assets, credit, and other alternative strategies.

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Irving Place Capital (fka BSMB)
New York City, USA

Irving Place Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on buyouts and growth capital investments in the industrial, packaging, consumer, and retail industries.

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J.W. Childs Associates
Waltham, USA

J. W. Childs Associates (JWC) is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions for middle-market growth companies.

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JLL Partners
New York City, United States

JLL Partners is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions and leveraged recapitalizations of middle-market companies.

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KKR
New York City, United States

KKR & Co. is a leading American global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and credit.

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Leonard Green & Partners
Los Angeles, United States

Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) is a leading American private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles that specializes in leveraged buyouts and investments in established companies.

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Lightyear Capital
New York City, United States

Lightyear Capital is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments within the financial services and related sectors.

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MBK Partners
Seoul, South Korea

MBK Partners is one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, focusing on buyout and special situations investments in the North Asian markets of South Korea, Japan, and China.

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Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
New York City, United States

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) was the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch, focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments.

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Metalmark Capital
New York City, United States

Metalmark Capital is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

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Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
New York City, United States

Metalmark Capital (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies.

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New Mountain Capital
New York City, U.S.

New Mountain Capital is an American alternative investment firm that focuses on growth investing in mid-sized companies within economically acyclical industries.

Portfolio Companies in Healthcare

CompanyParent PE FirmStatus
123DentistKKRCurrent
A Place for MomWarburg PincusCurrent
A-S Medication Solutions (ASMS)Warburg PincusCurrent
AA Medical HealthWarburg PincusCurrent
AACVSS Capital PartnersCurrent
AAC (Advanced Academics)VSS Capital PartnersCurrent
Abacus PharmaceuticalsCarlyle GroupCurrent
Abacus PharmaceuticalsThe Carlyle GroupCurrent
AbbiskoCarlyle GroupCurrent
AbbiskoThe Carlyle GroupCurrent
AccumenWarburg PincusCurrent
AcelyrinWarburg PincusCurrent
AcinoNordic CapitalExited
ACPC (Australian Clinical Labs)PAGCurrent
Acufocus, Inc.The Carlyle GroupExited
Acufocus, Inc.Carlyle GroupExited
AdaptilensPillar VCCurrent
Adicon Holdings LimitedThe Carlyle GroupCurrent
Adicon Holdings LimitedCarlyle GroupCurrent
AdreimaChicago Growth PartnersExited
Advanced Dental BrandsH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Advanced Diabetes SupplyCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent
Advanced Personnel Management (APM)Madison Dearborn PartnersCurrent
AdvancedMDFrancisco PartnersCurrent
Advanz PharmaNordic CapitalCurrent
AdvarraGenstar CapitalCurrent
Adverum BiotechnologiesWarburg PincusCurrent
Aegis Sciences CorporationMetalmark CapitalCurrent
AenovaBC PartnersCurrent
AeroCareMetalmark CapitalExited
AeroCare HoldingsMetalmark CapitalExited
AesyntFrancisco PartnersExited
Affini-T TherapeuticsWarburg PincusCurrent
Affordable Care LLCWarburg PincusCurrent
Afton ScientificArlington Capital PartnersCurrent
agilon healthClayton, Dubilier & RiceCurrent
AlcamiMadison Dearborn PartnersExited
Alder BiopharmaceuticalsH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
AldevronTA AssociatesExited
Alere Medical, Inc.TA AssociatesExited
AlerisTriton PartnersCurrent
Align NetworksH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Alignment HealthcareWarburg PincusCurrent
Alloheim GroupNordic CapitalCurrent
Allure Lifestyle CommunitiesMetalmark CapitalCurrent
Alma Lasers, Ltd.TA AssociatesExited
AltheaPermiraCurrent
AlvogenCVC Capital PartnersCurrent
Amann Girrbach AGTA AssociatesExited
Ambio Holdings, Inc.Carlyle GroupCurrent
Ambio Holdings, Inc.The Carlyle GroupCurrent
AmeaneWarburg PincusCurrent
American Access Care, LLCTA AssociatesExited
American Medical Response (AMR)Metalmark CapitalExited
American Renal AssociatesChicago Growth PartnersExited
American Vision PartnersH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
AmerimedAlta Growth CapitalCurrent
AmeriSource Health CorporationCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent
AMOH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
AndHealthFrancisco PartnersCurrent
AniCuraNordic CapitalExited
AntelliqBC PartnersCurrent
Antengene CorporationWarburg PincusCurrent
Apex InfusionFriedman Fleischer & LoweCurrent
API HealthcareFrancisco PartnersExited
API HealthcareVeritas CapitalCurrent
APS HealthcareH.I.G. CapitalExited
AptarroTA AssociatesCurrent
AQUA DermatologyGTCRCurrent
ArcadiaNordic CapitalCurrent
ArisGlobalNordic CapitalCurrent
Arizant HealthcareCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent
Arvelle TherapeuticsH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Ascent Behavioral HealthVSS Capital PartnersCurrent
Aspire PharmaH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
athenahealthVeritas CapitalCurrent
Atos MedicalNordic CapitalExited
AugmedicsH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Autism Learning PartnersFriedman Fleischer & LoweCurrent
AvailityFrancisco PartnersExited
AvalonFrancisco PartnersCurrent
Avanos MedicalMetalmark CapitalExited
Avanta SaludH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Avatar InternationalVSS Capital PartnersExited
Avryo HealthcareGTCRCurrent
AVS BioArlington Capital PartnersCurrent
Barton AssociatesH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Behavioral Health WorksTA AssociatesExited
Bergman ClinicsTriton PartnersCurrent
Bharat Serums and VaccinesAdvent InternationalCurrent
Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV)Advent InternationalCurrent
BiocompositesTA AssociatesCurrent
BIOVECTRAH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Brawler’s Physical TherapyMetalmark CapitalCurrent
BRCVSS Capital PartnersExited
BRC (Behavioral Health Group)VSS Capital PartnersExited
BroadlaneMetalmark CapitalExited
bswiftFrancisco PartnersCurrent
CalyxCerberus Capital ManagementCurrent
CambrexPermiraCurrent
Capella HealthcareChicago Growth PartnersExited
Capitol Pain InstituteNew State Capital PartnersCurrent
CapsuleFrancisco PartnersExited
Caravan HealthVSS Capital PartnersExited
Caravel Autism HealthGTCRCurrent
Carbon HealthDCVCCurrent
Care FertilityNordic CapitalCurrent
CareboxH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
CareFusionBlum CapitalExited
CareMore Medical EnterprisesMetalmark CapitalExited
CareRing HealthMadison Dearborn PartnersCurrent
Carestream DentalClayton, Dubilier & RiceCurrent
CatalentLeonard Green & PartnersExited
CBSETArlington Capital PartnersCurrent
CCRMTA AssociatesExited
CelerionCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent
CelerionH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
Celeritas Medical GroupMetalmark CapitalCurrent
Center for RheumatologyVSS Capital PartnersCurrent
Centros ÚnicoH.I.G. CapitalCurrent
CeramTecBC PartnersCurrent
CeramTec (X)BC PartnersCurrent
CeramTec (XI)BC PartnersCurrent
CHG Healthcare ServicesLeonard Green & PartnersCurrent
ClinigenTriton PartnersCurrent
Collagen MatrixMetalmark CapitalExited
Community Medical ServicesFriedman Fleischer & LoweCurrent
ConpointVSS Capital PartnersExited
Cordica MedicalArlington Capital PartnersCurrent
CorestreamLightyear CapitalCurrent
Coronis HealthVeritas CapitalCurrent
corpulsNordic CapitalCurrent
Corza HealthGTCRCurrent
CotivitiVeritas CapitalCurrent
CoverMyMedsFrancisco PartnersExited
CovetrusClayton, Dubilier & RiceCurrent
Covis PharmaCerberus Capital ManagementCurrent
CuraLinc HealthcareLightyear CapitalCurrent
CuriaThe Carlyle GroupCurrent
CuriaCarlyle GroupCurrent
CuriaGTCRCurrent
Cymedix Quick BillChicago Growth PartnersExited
Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc.TA AssociatesExited
CytelNordic CapitalCurrent
DentalcorpGTCRCurrent
DentalProBC PartnersCurrent
Devereux Advanced Behavioral HealthMetalmark CapitalCurrent
Diagnostic Health Corp.Gores GroupCurrent
Dianon Systems, Inc.Blum CapitalExited
Diatech PharmacogeneticsTA AssociatesCurrent
DJO GlobalMetalmark CapitalExited
Dr Lal PathLabsTA AssociatesExited
Drive DeVilbiss HealthcareClayton, Dubilier & RiceCurrent
Eating Recovery CenterCCMP CapitalCurrent
EdifecsFrancisco PartnersExited
Eikon TherapeuticsDCVCCurrent
Elos Medtech ABTA AssociatesCurrent
Encore Rehabilitation ServicesMetalmark CapitalCurrent
Eon LabsCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent
Epiphany DermatologyLeonard Green & PartnersCurrent
Epselon GlobalGTCRCurrent
EquashieldNordic CapitalCurrent
Equipe ZorgbedrijvenNordic CapitalCurrent
EquitiGTCRCurrent
eResearch Technology Inc.Blum CapitalExited
Ergo ScienceCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent
eSolutionsFrancisco PartnersExited
Esperi CareTriton PartnersCurrent
European Dental GroupNordic CapitalCurrent
Everest Clinical ResearchArlington Capital PartnersCurrent
Everest Clinical Research CorporationArlington Capital PartnersCurrent
eviCore healthcareTA AssociatesExited
EvosepNordic CapitalCurrent
ExamWorksLeonard Green & PartnersCurrent
excelCareWillis Stein & PartnersExited
Executive Health ResourcesVSS Capital PartnersExited
ExperityGTCRCurrent
Eyecare PartnersFriedman Fleischer & LoweExited
Favor Healthcare ConsultingMetalmark CapitalCurrent
First Health Group Corp.Blum CapitalExited
FlourishGenstar CapitalCurrent
Flourish ResearchGenstar CapitalCurrent
FotonaGores GroupCurrent
Four Seasons Health CareTerra Firma Capital PartnersExited
FreenomeDCVCCurrent
FullscriptLeonard Green & PartnersCurrent
GainwellVeritas CapitalCurrent
GaldermaAffinity Equity PartnersExited
Genesis Health Ventures, Inc.The Cypress GroupExited
Genoa HealthcareAdvent InternationalCurrent
Gentiva Health ServicesClayton, Dubilier & RiceCurrent
GHDNordic CapitalCurrent
Glenrose InstrumentsBlum CapitalExited
Global Healthcare ExchangeVeritas CapitalCurrent
GLOBOVSS Capital PartnersCurrent
GoodRxFrancisco PartnersCurrent
Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM)Arlington Capital PartnersCurrent
Haemonetics Corp.Blum CapitalExited
HarpulaGTCRCurrent
Harvard Drug GroupCourt Square Capital PartnersCurrent

Common Investment Themes

Multi-site provider roll-upsValue-based careHealthcare ITPractice management
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