An investment vehicle focused on European life science companies.

Kinetix Capital is a flexible, collaborative investor focused on making transformative long term change to small-to-medium sized companies providing services to or operating in the drug or medical device industry .

About Us

We are an experienced team of entrepreneurs, investors and advisors from the Life Science industry who have significant track record in successfully growing, acquiring and exiting companies.

Focused on SME companies operating in the Life Science sector based in UK and Western Europe with strong track record and a high quality Management team.

We are active, collaborative investors working side-by-side with Management to build an aligned long term strategy to build better businesses together.

Making transformative change by providing our experience and network of partners/advisors to deliver: (i) organic growth (e.g. technological enhancements, effective marketing, HR/hiring etc); and (ii) leading acquisition strategies from sourcing appropriate targets through to funding, completion and integration.

We are flexible with an ability to structure investments that are tailored to each business and strategy from majority ownership to minority positions.

Investment Strategy

Companies providing services to or operating in the drug or medical device industry, from initial discovery through to approval and marketing.

Well established companies with significant track record (min 5+ years of trading.

High margin and cash generative businesses underpinned by contractual or operationally integrated customer relationships.

Ideally trading with a minimum EBITDA of £500k.

International businesses with headquarters in the UK or Western Europe.

Majority ownership acquisitions or minority growth investments through flexible structures.

High quality Management teams / operational leaders with aligned vision and values.

Clear potential drive organic growth, invest in technology and drive a buy-and-build strategy.

Aligned vision / values and strong culture.

Values

Transparency, trust and collaboration at are core - our role is to work side-by-side with Management to actively enhance their vision through our experience and network.

We are from the industry and appreciate the legacy, values, culture and people of companies we invest in - we do not interfere or disrupt the day-to-day operations.

Management will always remain heavily involved throughout all key strategic decisions from initial strategy creation to exit.

We are ultimately investing in people and want our legacy to be more than making successful investments. We provide Management / employees training and offer our trusted network of advisors (e.g. executive coaches, financial advisors etc).

Team

Manny Lidhar Partner

  • 12+ years experience in corporate finance including Rothschild and ING. The past 8 years have been focused on advising SMEs across Europe on M&A and capital raising.

  • Currently runs Almeida Advisory, a corporate finance firm, working on multiple buy-and-build strategies and providing CFO advice to life sciences/business services companies.

  • CFO role at Onix Life Sciences, a regulatory operations business, where he was operationally involved in driving EBITDA growth >1.5x during a two year period, built a acquisition plan and led the exit to a US strategic, Frameworks Life Sciences (backed by Westview Private Equity).

John Cogan NED

  • 30+ years experience in the life sciences sector with global leadership roles in life science consulting, technology, innovation and R&D operations.

  • Most recently led the Global R&D Advisory Practise at Syneos Health Consulting, delivering organisation and process/technology transformations to clients ranging from top 5 through to mid-size,small and emerging biopharma. Previous roles include CTO and Head of Innovation at Kinapse and Genpact Regulatory.

  • Extensive career in industry working for Shire, Daiichi-Sankyo and Mundiphra among others, where he help varied business and technology roles in regulatory, R&D operations, R&D IT and IT shared services and outsourcing.

Our core team are supported by a network of advisors, industry professionals and consultants.

If you are interested in working with us, please get in touch with the details below.