Who is Frazier Healthcare Partners?

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Frazier Healthcare Partners: Building Healthcare Companies

Frazier Healthcare Partners is a venture capital investment firm focused on investing in innovative healthcare companies. Since its establishment, it has invested in over 200 companies and raised over $7.1 billion in total capital.

The company has a variety of investment interests, which range from company creation, venture capital investments, to acquiring lower middle-market firms that are profitable. For the same purpose, the company is divided into two teams: Growth Buyout and Life Sciences.

The firm specializes in incubation, liquidity, and growth equity funding. It invests throughout North America, Europe, and Asia in healthcare services, pharmaceutical startups, and innovative products.

According to BusinessWire’s article, “Frazier Healthcare Partners Closes $830 Million Life Sciences Public Fund”, the company is soliciting funds for healthcare companies with growth and innovation potential.

Frazier Healthcare Partners was founded in 1991 by Alan D. Frazier (Chairman and Managing Partner) and has its offices located in Seattle, Washington, and Menlo Park, California. Currently, the executive team of the company includes Jamie Brush (Portfolio Manager), Patrick Heron (Managing Partner), James Topper (Managing Partner), and Nader Naini (Managing partner).

This article presents the focus of the two teams, the Growth Buyout team and the Life Sciences team, and their broad investment portfolios.

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Frazier Growth Buyout Team

With a thesis-driven, executive in residence-focused investment approach, the Frazier Growth Buyout team seeks to capitalize upon long-term trends in emerging markets.

In May 2021, Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund X, L.P. (FHGB X) was oversubscribed and hit its $1.4 billion total cap commitment, including support from prestigious financial institutions, family offices, and public pension funds.

Investment Strategies

The Growth Buyout team adheres to the following four stages while making investments in medical products, biopharmaceutical services, and any other related sectors.

  • Idea generation: Through proactive outreach and organizing bi-annual retreats and the annual Montana CEO Summit, the growth buyout team meets with its leaders and executives to identify an investment opportunity that contributes to broadening the healthcare system.
  • Investment profile: The team makes equity commitments from $30-350 million in fast-growing, low- to middle-market healthcare companies, generating EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) of $5-50 million. Investments come in the form of company buyouts, carveouts, and recapitalizations.
  • Executive in residence: In partnership with its extensive network and human capital team, Frazier pairs qualified executives with curated investment ideas. In this way, the EIR is also benefited by taking on an Executive Chairman or CEO role.  
  • Center of Excellence team: Frazier’s Excellence team provides a range of services to its portfolio companies, including human capital, financial services, operation management, legal, and information technology services.

Frazier Life Sciences Team

The team of Frazier Life Sciences specialists invests in and forms companies for the development, commercialization, and licensing of novel therapeutics. Currently, the team holds a $617 million life sciences-focused fund (raised in 2020) to invest in transformative companies.

Investment Strategies

The investment strategy of the Life Sciences team is focused on three types of investment areas:

  • Company formation: Through a robust relationship with academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies, the Frazier team identifies, licenses, and invests in innovative startup companies with incredible management teams.
  • Early-stage venture: Frazier is committed to investing across all rounds of private companies and looking for opportunities that could yield meaningful clinical results for diseases that currently have unmet medical needs.
  • Late private/publics: The Frazier team invests in public markets and mezzanine financings, focusing on long-term returns.

How Excedr Supports Venture-backed Labs

Frazier Healthcare Partners is a venture capital firm committed to strengthening the healthcare system by providing complete support to healthcare providers. It has its investment experts split into two groups: the Growth Buyout Team and Life Sciences Team.

In its investment strategy, the firm seeks to provide capital to companies supplying pharmaceuticals and medical products. Frazier Healthcare Partners offers its assistance at all stages of a company’s development, ranging from providing human resources to licensing its products.

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