Riverside Partners, a Boston-based investor in middle-market healthcare and technology companies, has added Michael Bernard to its investment team as a principal.
Mr. Bernard has more than ten years of healthcare private equity and investment banking experience and joins Riverside after five years at Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based healthcare-focused private equity firm. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bernard worked on healthcare transactions at both 3i Group and Morgan Stanley.
“Michael’s appointment expands and enhances our healthcare investment capacity,” said David Belluck, a general partner at Riverside. “He has strong experience investing in and building companies across multiple healthcare sub-sectors. Most importantly, Michael has the character, values and work ethic that aligns with the team at Riverside Partners.”
Mr. Bernard has his undergraduate degree in economics from Brown University and his MBA from Northwestern University.
“We are thrilled to have Michael join us,” said Steven Kaplan, a general partner at Riverside. “His joining is another step as we continue to expand the team and pursue opportunities to partner with founders and management teams in targeted areas within technology and healthcare.”
Riverside Partners invests in middle-market healthcare and technology-oriented companies that have EBITDA from $3 million to $25 million. Boston-based Riverside was founded in 1989 and is currently investing through its sixth fund.
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