Finance Watch: Two New Funds Provide $1.4bn For Health Care Ventures

 
• By Mandy Jackson
  
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Private Company Edition: GHO Capital will invest €975m in pharmaceutical and other opportunities in Europe, but Wellington’s $393m fund is focused on drug discovery and development. Also, Avidity raises $100m and Werewolf launches with $56m.

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Two new private equity funds will make $1.4bn available to health care investment opportunities: London’s Global Health Opportunities, otherwise known as GHO Capital Partners LP, raised €975m ($1.08bn) to back health care companies – including pharmaceutical ventures – in Europe, while Wellington Management’s new $393m fund is entirely focused on private drug discovery and development ventures.

GHO Capital said on 20 November that its GHO Capital Fund II LP exceeded the firm’s €800m goal and doubles...

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