Gilde Healthcare Partners, a Utrecht, The Netherlands-based private equity firm specializing in healthcare, announced the launch of a new growth capital fund, Gilde Healthcare Services.
The new fund will invest in specialized clinics, providers of elderly care, prevention, screening and other fast growing healthcare services in The Netherlands and surrounding countries.
The fund, which is backed by institutional investors, family offices and private investors, is expected to raise more than €50m in the course of 2010.
Gilde already manages two healthcare technology funds, Healthcare I and II, which invest venture capital in therapeutics, diagnostics, medical technologies and biotech.
FinSMEs
09/12/2009