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How Bain plans to deploy $1B new fund

Bain Capital’s larger second fund could see firm increasing emphasis on investing in big biopharma spinouts

June 12, 2019 11:55 PM UTC

Bain Capital Life Sciences’ larger second fund could see the firm increasing its emphasis on investing in big biopharma spinouts after its debut fund featured investments in a pair of megarounds by Pfizer spin-offs.

Bain Capital’s Jeffrey Schwartz told BioCentury the firm has closed Bain Capital Life Sciences Fund II with $900 million from external LPs and about $180 million from internal partners, bringing the fund’s total size to just shy of $1.1 billion. ...