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Pharos Capital Group

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Jul 2024, closing $184M. Last cheque observed Jun 2012.

QuietNew fund $184M, Jul 2024Private equity

SeedSeries ASeries BEhealthWellnessTech-enabled Health

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 11 on record
Since the last cheque5262days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$26MCheque size, as they say$25M – $50MRounds led0 of 11Sole investor2 roundsExits3 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch Pharos Capital Group

Pharos Capital Group highlights

  1. 01

    11 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Series B: 82% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $17M

  4. 04

    3 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Pharos Capital Group primarily invests $25 to $50 million in healthcare companies seeking later stage funding for internal growth, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, or recapitalizations.From their own website
Type
Private equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$25M – $50M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
EhealthWellnessTech-enabled Health
Based in
Dallas, United States
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first11 appearances

  1. 2012

    1 round

  2. Jun
    AlereonVenture · US · finsmes.com$6.0MWith 2 others
  3. 2008

    1 round

  4. Nov
    AlereonVenture · US$40MWith 6 others
  5. 2007

    2 rounds

  6. Sept
    AlereonSeries B · US$19MWith 6 others
  7. Feb
    Pioneer Surgical TechnologyVenture$31MWith 3 others
  8. 2006

    5 rounds

  9. Dec
    Pioneer Surgical TechnologyVenture$31MWith 3 others
  10. Sept
    HandangoSeries B · US · pharosfunds.com$61MWith 5 others
  11. Aug
    EgeneraSeries E · US · egenera.com$26MSole investor
  12. Jul
    VeriCenterVenture · pharosfunds.com$7.0MSole investor
  13. Jan
    AlereonSeries A · US$32MWith 6 others
  14. 2005

    1 round

  15. Oct
    AlereonSeries B · US · alereon.com$20MWith 2 others
  16. 2004

    1 round

  17. Dec
    Travel HoldingsVenture · US$15MWith 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration10 named

AVAnna Valeryevna KovalkovaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DRD Robert CrantsDirectoriFiling they signed
DRD. Robert Crants, IIIExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DRDoctor Robert CrantsManager, Vice PresidentiForm ADV
JWJames William PhillipsExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JWJim W. PhillipsExecutive officeriFiling they signed
JRJoel Robert GoldbergExecutive officeriFiling they signed
KDKimberly Davis FutrellChief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
KCKneeland Conner YoungbloodManager, PresidentiForm ADV
MWMichael W. DevlinExecutive officeriFiling they signed

We also hold 29 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$630Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
Legal name
Pharos Capital Group, LLC
SEC number
CRD 158849

Funds on its Form ADV

6 private funds, $1.1B in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

  1. Pharos Capital Partners III-A, L.P.Private equity67 investors$295M
  2. Pharos Capital Partners IV-A, L.P.Private equity42 investors$224M
  3. Pharos Capital Partners III, L.P.Private equity38 investors$217M
  4. Pharos Capital Partners IV, L.P.Private equity24 investors$200M
  5. Pharos Capital Partners II-A, L.P.Private equity33 investors$118M
  6. Pharos Capital Partners, L.P.Private equity27 investors$37M

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

Current Investors

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed3 in all

Pioneer Surgical TechnologyBought by RTI Biologics$130MJun 2013
HandangoBought by AppiaUndisclosedFeb 2010
VeriCenterBought by Sungard Availability ServicesUndisclosedJul 2007

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Pharos Capital Group. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Quick answers about Pharos Capital Group

What does Pharos Capital Group invest in?

Pharos Capital Group invests most often at Venture and Series B (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ehealth, Wellness and Tech-enabled Health.

How active is Pharos Capital Group?

11 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2012.

How big are Pharos Capital Group's cheques?

The median round it joins is $26M. It says it writes cheques of $25M to $50M.

Does Pharos Capital Group lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 11 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Pharos Capital Group invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is Pharos Capital Group investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2012.

Who does Pharos Capital Group invest alongside?

Most often Austin Ventures (4 rounds together), Centennial Ventures (4 rounds together) and Duchossois Technology Partners (4 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Pharos Capital Group?

Pharos Capital Group is a private equity firm based in Dallas, United States.

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