ABOUT US
Aqute Global Health Capital is a healthcare private equity firm delivering asset protection with a social impact – it provides an opportunity to diversify your investment portfolio into non-cyclical, recession proof businesses with little correlation to stocks, bonds, real estate and other volatile markets.
Founded by a physician executive experienced in M&A, our experienced team uniquely positions us to identify quality businesses, and ensure the right management is in place to grow them for exit.
Beyond the financial return, as your money is invested in businesses that are focused on physical and mental health treatment and illness prevention, you will be having a positive social impact by creating positive patient outcomes and healthier communities.
We provide debt finance and take minority equity positions in accelerating growth and mature stage US-based companies in the low to mid market healthcare industry with a focus on health IT, and medical devices, clinical research and large medical groups.
Our foundational fund - Aqute Health Fund 1 - is currently open to investors globally.
Our Team
A business and marketing strategist with over 20 years experience consulting to multinationals, SMEs, non-profits and charities, Mr Nicol's skillset spans communications & marketing strategy, media, brand, product commercialisation, M&A and business operations.
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Working across healthcare & wellness, FMCG, premium home & lifestyle and arts & culture, he has delivered above industry growth through consumer facing brand and tactical campaigns, targeted lead generation, integrated conversion and retention strategies, and innovative creative thinking.
He has acquired and started-up multiple companies, non-profits and charities, in which he engineers growth and enhances profitability through operational improvements, marketing implementation and post-acquisition integration.
Mr Nicol drives value creation that enhances return on capital by leveraging marketing, operations and financial control off each other, and takes a strategic, analytic and wholistic approach to growth that allows multiple drivers to compound each other to realise greater value.
Dr Anthony Russell, MD MBA MPH is a healthcare executive with over two decades in leadership and is leading as a Chief Administrative Officer with responsibility for all aspects of the day-to-day business operations, physician relationships, budgeting for a $75m revenue division, and managing 400+ employees and providers across 20 outpatient clinics.
Dr Russell has grown teams, enhanced quality, advanced patient-centered care, conducted turnarounds, directed strategic growth planning, executed successful acquisitions, and driven financial engineering to improve the organization’s bottom line.
Double boarded in Pediatrics and Clinical Informatics, Dr Russell is passionate about health and leveraging technology to advance care delivery. Dr Russell received his doctorate from the Medical University of South Carolina and then his masters degree from Johns Hopkins. He went on to complete his masters in business at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dr Russell is a business-savvy entrepreneur, turnaround expert, and investor with private equity holdings in many companies across multiple industries. Dr Russell has been a leader for some of the largest healthcare systems in the country as a healthcare executive and physician leader including UCSF, Sutter Health, Community Memorial, and Kaiser Permanente.