Genesis Capital
Genesis Capital is a specialist private equity firm that invests exclusively in the healthcare sector across Australia and New Zealand. The firm partners with healthcare and life sciences businesses, providing not only capital but also deep domain expertise, operational support and strategic guidance.
Genesis applies a hands-on investment style, working closely with management teams to scale services, expand clinical offerings and improve healthcare delivery. Its team combines clinical, operational and financial expertise to build high-performing, sustainable healthcare platforms.
Genesis Capital Fund II is a 2024 vintage year fund with $384 million of investor commitments. The fund targets growth capital and buyout invetsments in established healthcare businesses with strong fundamentals and real potential for scale. The fund seeks to back companies where its sector knowledge can help accelerate performance, improve patient outcomes and generate enduring value.
Portfolio Companies
At investment, Pacific Smiles was a leading operator of dental centres across Australia, providing high-quality dental services through a network of modern clinics branded under Pacific Smiles Dental and nib Dental Care. The group has established a strong presence in both metropolitan and regional areas, with a scalable model well positioned to capture growing demand for accessible dental services.
The thesis is centred on supporting Pacific Smiles in accelerating clinic rollout, enhancing operational systems and deepening partnerships with health insurers and dental practitioners to strengthen its position as a leading national dental services provider.
Pacific Smiles remains an active investment, positioned as a national leader in dental centre operations with significant opportunity to expand its footprint, improve patient accessibility and deliver consistent, high-quality care across Australia.
At investment, Ochre Health was a major provider of primary healthcare services in Australia, operating a network of medical centres, after-hours clinics and rural health services. The group also provided workforce solutions for regional and remote communities, addressing critical shortages of general practitioners and specialists.
The thesis aims at leveraging Ochre’s established reputation and unique rural and regional focus to expand its medical centre network, strengthen its workforce solutions capability and deliver sustainable healthcare outcomes in underserved communities across Australia.
Ochre Health remains an active investment, positioned as one of Australia’s leading primary healthcare groups with an extensive presence in rural and regional areas and continuing opportunity to expand services and improve patient access nationwide.
