# Pharos Capital Group: portfolio, investments and team

> Pharos Capital Group is a private equity based in United States. 11 investments on record, latest Jun 2012. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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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.

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Quiet New fund $184M, Jul 2024 Private equity

Seed Series A Series B Ehealth Wellness Tech-enabled Health

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 11 on record

Since the last cheque **5262** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$26M** Cheque size, as they say **$25M – $50M** Rounds led **0 of 11** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Pharos Capital Group highlights

- 01 11 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series B: 82% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $17M
- 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:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Ehealth Wellness Tech-enabled Health
- **Based in:** Dallas, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **11 appearances**

- **2012** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Alereon](https://millionrounds.com/company/alereon)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **2008** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Alereon](https://millionrounds.com/company/alereon)** Venture · US **$40M** With 6 others
- **2007** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Alereon](https://millionrounds.com/company/alereon)** Series B · US **$19M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Pioneer Surgical Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/pioneer-surgical-technology)** Venture **$31M** With 3 others
- **2006** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Pioneer Surgical Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/pioneer-surgical-technology)** Venture **$31M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Handango](https://millionrounds.com/company/handango)** Series B · US · pharosfunds.com **$61M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Egenera](https://millionrounds.com/company/egenera)** Series E · US · egenera.com **$26M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[VeriCenter](https://millionrounds.com/company/vericenter)** Venture · pharosfunds.com **$7.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Alereon](https://millionrounds.com/company/alereon)** Series A · US **$32M** With 6 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Alereon](https://millionrounds.com/company/alereon)** Series B · US · alereon.com **$20M** With 2 others
- **2004** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Travel Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/company/travel-holdings)** Venture · US **$15M** With 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 registration **10 named**

AV **Anna Valeryevna Kovalkova** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

DR **D Robert Crants** Director i Filing they signed

DR **D. Robert Crants, III** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

DR **Doctor Robert Crants** Manager, Vice President i Form ADV

JW **James William Phillips** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

JW **Jim W. Phillips** Executive officer i Filing they signed

JR **Joel Robert Goldberg** Executive officer i Filing they signed

KD **Kimberly Davis Futrell** Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

KC **Kneeland Conner Youngblood** Manager, President i Form ADV

MW **Michael W. Devlin** Executive officer i Filing 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

**$630M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full 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

- Pharos Capital Partners III-A, L.P. *Private equity* 67 investors $295M
- Pharos Capital Partners IV-A, L.P. *Private equity* 42 investors $224M
- Pharos Capital Partners III, L.P. *Private equity* 38 investors $217M
- Pharos Capital Partners IV, L.P. *Private equity* 24 investors $200M
- Pharos Capital Partners II-A, L.P. *Private equity* 33 investors $118M
- Pharos Capital Partners, L.P. *Private equity* 27 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 listed **3 in all**

**[Pioneer Surgical Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/pioneer-surgical-technology)** Bought by RTI Biologics **$130M** Jun 2013

**[Handango](https://millionrounds.com/company/handango)** Bought by Appia **Undisclosed** Feb 2010

**[VeriCenter](https://millionrounds.com/company/vericenter)** Bought by Sungard Availability Services **Undisclosed** Jul 2007

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

New fund on file

**$184M**

raised in Jul 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$26M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$17M**

Led 0 of 11 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $25M – $50M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2012
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *6*
- Series B said *3*
- Series A said *1*
- Series E *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2004 2012

Often in the room with

- [Austin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-ventures) 4
- [Centennial Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/centennial-ventures) 4
- [Duchossois Technology Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/duchossois-technology-partners) 4
- [ECentury Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecentury-capital-partners) 3
- [Highlander Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highlander-partners) 2
- [Hopewell Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hopewell-ventures) 2

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## 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.

[**Austin Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-ventures)[**Centennial Ventures** Growth equity **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/centennial-ventures)[**Duchossois Technology Partners** Family office **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/duchossois-technology-partners)[**ECentury Capital Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecentury-capital-partners)[**Highlander Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highlander-partners)[**Hopewell Ventures** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hopewell-ventures)[**River Cities Capital Funds** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/river-cities-capital-funds)

## 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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