About Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC
Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC is a healthcare-focused private equity firm that invests exclusively in middle market companies across three core healthcare segments: Medical Products and Diagnostics, including diagnostic devices, medical products, and specialty healthcare distribution; Healthcare Services, targeting outsourced healthcare and specialty services; and Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, focusing on specialty pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical services, and life sciences businesses from discovery through commercialization. Transactions are typically valued between $50 million and $500 million, and the firm does not invest in biotechnology, traditional healthcare facilities such as hospitals or nursing homes, or early-stage companies without positive cash flow. Water Street Healthcare Partners pursues leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, management buyins, corporate divestitures, going-private transactions, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, PIPEs, secondary buyouts, and stake purchases. The firm targets both non-core units of larger corporations and privately held middle market healthcare companies, primarily seeking control ownership positions. Water Street Healthcare Partners invests across the United States and selectively in Europe, applying a deeply proactive and collaborative approach partnering with management teams to initiate growth strategies, identify transformational opportunities, and build healthcare market leaders. Founded in 2005, the firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.