Galen Partners is a leading growth equity late stage venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

 firm that invests in high-growth healthcare firms already generating revenue and focuses on healthcare technology enabled services, medical devices and specialty pharmaceutical companies.

Founded in 1990 by the late William R. Grant, Galen has raised nearly $1 billion through five funds and has invested in more than 70 companies since inception. In 2006, the company relocated its headquarters from New York City’s Rockefeller Center to Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

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Portfolio Companies

Current and past investments include:

• Acura Pharmaceuticals
• Aperio Technologies
• Chamberlin Edmond and Associates
• Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences (Valeant)
• EduNeering (Kaplan
  Kaplan
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• Encore Medical Corporation (DJO)
• InTouch Technologies
• JDS Pharmaceuticals (Noven)
• Lumenos (Wellpoint
  WellPoint
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• MedAssets
• Medical Imaging Holdings (Unisyn)
• Medicode (United Healthcare)
• MiniMed (Medtronic
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• Ocular Sciences (Cooper Vision)
• Pyxis (Cardinal Health
  Cardinal Health
  Cardinal Health, Inc., is a Fortune 500 health care services company based in Dublin, Ohio. Cardinal Health specializes in health care supply chain services, providing pharmaceuticals and medical products to more than 40,000 locations each day. The company is also a manufacturer of medical and...
  
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• Stericycle
  Stericycle
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• Taro Pharmaceutical Industries