Patient Square Capital, the large healthcare investment firm led by Jim Momtazee, has raised at least $3.1 billion so far for a second fund, according to a securities
filing
, though the final amount could be significantly larger.
The global investment firm has been fundraising for Patient Square Equity Partners II for at least 15 months, according to the Friday SEC filing. Momtazee previously spent about two decades at KKR, where he built out the massive asset manager’s healthcare strategy. He’s also on the board of Roivant Sciences and BridgeBio, among other companies.
The $3.1 billion is an interim close, and the firm expects to raise more, according to a person familiar with the effort who spoke on the condition of anonymity. When it does close, it’s expected to be bigger than Patient Square’s
$3.9 billion
inaugural fund. According to
PitchBook
and
Buyouts Insider
reports from 2024 and citing unnamed sources, Patient Square was targeting at least $5 billion for its second fund.
The interim close already makes it one of the largest healthcare investment fundraises of the past few years.
Flagship Pioneering
,
Bain Capital Life Sciences
and
ARCH Venture Partners
each uncorked about $3 billion in new vehicles in the summer of 2024.
The ongoing fundraise is particularly notable as the biopharma sector has seen a drop in investments amid a yearslong funding slog.
CalPERS was one of the major investors in the first fund, committing
$300 million
. It came back and committed $300 million to the
second fund
as well, according to a document from the pension fund.
Patient Square has offices spread across New York, Menlo Park and Dubai.
The firm invests across the healthcare spectrum. That includes
biotech startups
like gene therapy maker
Kriya Therapeutics
and BridgeBio offshoot
GondolaBio
, as well as devices and diagnostics companies, providers and tech services. It’s large enough that it can take part in multibillion-dollar transactions, such as its deal for dental and animal health distributor Patterson Companies, which was valued at
$4.1 billion
and
completed
in April.
The firm has also formed investment companies to serve specific sectors, including
Enavate Sciences
for biopharma startups, and
Elevage Medical Technologies
for medical device companies and manufacturers like
Nuclera
.
It unveiled Enavate, led by former SVB president James Boylan, with $300 million in May 2022.
About 18 months later, in December 2023,
Boylan told Endpoints
that Patient Square had put an additional $300 million into Enavate. Portfolio companies include obesity drug developer
OrsoBio
, TYK2 startup
Sudo Biosciences
and recently Nasdaq-minted
BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics
. Its food allergy bet, Alladapt Immunotherapeutics,
shut down last year
.