-- Continues momentum executing growth capital investment strategy to commercial-stage healthcare companies --
Boulder, Colo. – November 28, 2017 – CRG, a preeminent healthcare-focused investment firm, today announced cumulative financing commitments of $881 million in 11 new commercial-stage healthcare investments over the last 12 months. In addition, the firm generated realizations from eight portfolio company liquidity events during the same 12-month period, including M&A transactions and refinancing activities, resulting in a total of more than $425 million in proceeds to CRG and its institutional partners.
“We continue to selectively deploy the capital of our latest fund in commercial-stage healthcare companies, which are launching products and services aimed at improving healthcare in the US and abroad,” said Nate Hukill, President of CRG. “Further, we underwrote larger transactions for more mature companies with average initial commitments increasing by 137 percent over the last five years. Finally, several of our portfolio companies experienced positive catalysts, resulting in significant realizations for our institutional partners. These exits represent the culmination of great partnerships with our portfolio companies and reinforce the opportunity to create value for equity shareholders by utilizing debt capital from CRG to propel growth and achieve great outcomes.”
CRG increased its average initial commitment size per investment to $83 million in 2017, a 14 percent increase since 2016 and an 89 percent increase since 2014. Recent new investment commitments to highlight include:
Other recent CRG financings include investments in CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Centers, Earlens, MDLIVE, Viveve Medical, Advanced ICU, Intrinsic Therapeutics and Endoceutics. Regarding exits, CRG experienced significant momentum recognizing eight realizations of portfolio company investments. In October 2017, Neotract was acquired by Teleflex (NYSE: TFX) in a transaction valued at $1.1 billion.
Luke Düster, Managing Director at CRG, added, “We have diversified our team’s investment experience, having partnered with more than 45 companies across the healthcare spectrum, including pharmaceutical, medical device, tools & diagnostics, healthcare services and healthcare IT companies, all geared towards improving healthcare outcomes and often at lower costs to the healthcare system. As we look forward to 2018, we remain focused on supporting our existing portfolio companies with additional growth capital and working with new partners that are bringing innovative products and services to market.”
CRG provides long-term growth capital to commercial-stage healthcare companies and is currently investing out of its third private credit fund with over $1.6 billion of committed capital. CRG continues to execute a disciplined strategy and focus on investing in companies that are at the forefront of three dominant trends within healthcare. These trends include increasing focus on healthcare cost reduction, the rise of personalized medicine, and shifting demographics, including aging populations and increased obesity rates in developed economies.
About CRG
CRG is a premier healthcare-focused investment firm with more than $3.0 billion of assets under management across more than 45 portfolio companies. The firm seeks to commit between $20 to $300 million in each investment across the healthcare spectrum, including: medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, tools & diagnostics, services and information technology. CRG provides growth capital in the form of long-term debt and equity to support innovative, commercial-stage healthcare companies that address large, unmet medical needs. The firm partners with public and private companies to provide flexible financing solutions and world-class support to achieve exceptional growth objectives with minimal dilution. CRG maintains offices in Boulder, Houston and New York. For more information, please visit www.crglp.com.
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