RoundTable Healthcare Partners is an operating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. RoundTable was founded in 2001 and is based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Core Values

  • REPUTATION

    We value our reputation as one based on honesty, integrity, humility, high performance, partnership, ethics, and trust.

  • PARTNER COMPANIES

    We value our portfolio company partners and their mission to serve their customers. The firm’s resources serve for the benefit of our portfolio companies.

  • INVESTORS

    We value our investors and their trust and commitment. Our actions and behaviors must preserve that trust.

  • EMPLOYEES

    We value our employees and their contributions. We are committed to enriching their lives through our collaborative culture, development, recognition, and shared incentives.

  • SERVICE AND LENDING PARTNERS

    We value our service providers and lending partners and view them as an extension of RoundTable. We expect the same of them that we expect of ourselves. We will treat their reputations and capital as if they were our own.

Focus and Approach

We invest exclusively in the healthcare industry.

MARKETS

Medical Products & Devices

  • Disposables and light capital
  • Medical devices
  • Medical products
  • Diagnostics
  • Dental and dental lab products
  • Laboratory products and supplies
  • Specialty distribution
  • Contract manufacturing
  • Complementary outsourced services

Pharmaceuticals & Consumer Health

  • Generic pharmaceuticals
  • Specialty pharmaceuticals
  • Probiotics, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements
  • Skincare
  • Over-the-counter pharmaceuticals
  • Differentiated ingredients
  • Animal health and pet health
  • Contract manufacturing
  • Complementary outsourced services

PARTNERSHIP

We Work to Create a Shared Vision

RoundTable’s investment strategy is built on the cornerstone of partnership. We have a long history and track record of partnering with owner/founders, family companies, entrepreneurs, and management teams. We also have a unique skillset in executing complex corporate carve-outs. Prior to any investment, RoundTable works with our partners to define a growth strategy, to identify and plan for current and future strategic challenges, and to create a roadmap to success.

Our partners often retain meaningful ownership stakes, which have resulted in significant value creation through a “second bite of the apple”.

We strive to maintain the culture our partners have created.

ALIGNED INCENTIVES

We Align Our Incentives with Our Partners

We typically structure our investments such that RoundTable and our partners (including our management teams) own the exact same equity securities, with no preference or distinction between shareholders.

RoundTable’s employees have a meaningful economic interest in the firm’s investments, as we represent one of the largest investors in our funds.

Growth Orientation

We Build Strategically Stronger Businesses

RoundTable works collaboratively with our partners to build leading healthcare companies of lasting value. Our philosophy of value creation involves long-term investment in people, products, and pipeline, rather than financial engineering and structuring. We give our companies the balance sheet flexibility to execute on their growth initiatives. This growth-focused mindset enables our companies to invest to achieve their strategic objectives.

Strategy and Expertise

We are more than just capital. We have enabled our partners and management teams to:

  • Sales & Marketing

    Build sales forces, execute on new market strategies, and access customers, sales channels, and partners.

  • Pipeline Development

    Build R&D facilities and teams, develop IP strategies, and invest in and commercialize new product pipelines.

  • Manufacturing

    Execute significant capacity expansions, build new manufacturing operations, and augment current manufacturing processes.

  • Quality/Regulatory

    Develop regulatory strategies for key pipeline products, proactively address quality and regulatory systems, and remediate quality issues.

  • Finance

    Build and upgrade ERP and IT infrastructure, develop enhanced reporting, and improve controls and audit/tax processes.

  • Human Capital

    Expand their teams with additional management talent.

  • Transactional Expertise

    We have supported over 90 add-on transactions for our portfolio companies in partnerships with our management teams, and helped lead all aspects of the deal process. We have deep relationships with strategic buyers that help produce optimal results at exit.