Who is Healthia?
Healthia is a private equity firm based in Australia.
Healthia
- Type
- private equity firm
- Headquarters
- Brisbane, Australia
- Website
- healthia.com.au
How they work
Healthia is an Australian allied healthcare group based in Brisbane, operating clinic networks across Australia and New Zealand. Its services include physiotherapy, podiatry, optometry, audiology, hand therapy, occupational therapy and exercise physiology. Healthia grows through clinic acquisitions and clinician partnerships, offering growth capital, operational support and succession options. Pacific Equity Partners lists Healthia as a current Fund VI investment following its December 2023 public-to-private transaction.
Healthia invites clinic owners to discuss growth or succession with its business development team. It tailors the structure to the owner, including equity partnerships, partial sales and full exits, and provides valuation, transition, operational and growth support. The reviewed page does not publish a fixed diligence timetable.
- Capital model
- An operating allied-health group backed by Pacific Equity Partners Fund VI; its partnership offer provides capital for clinic expansion.
- Sector focus
- Physiotherapy, podiatry, optometry, occupational therapy, exercise physiology and related allied-health services including audiology and hand therapy.
- Founder ownership
- Owners may remain involved following a partial sale and clinic partners can participate in ownership through the Clinic Class Shareholder program; no fixed retained percentage is published.
- Majority or minority
- Flexible structures include an equity partner for growth, a partial sale while the owner remains involved, and a full exit with succession planning.
- Geography
- Allied-health operations across Australia and New Zealand; the partnership offer addresses clinic growth and succession within this network.
- Ownership
- Clinician-led local care and clinic identity supported by shared administration, technology, marketing, education, operational expertise and growth capital.
- Platform or bolt-on
- Acquires and partners with clinics and established allied-health networks within its integrated group; historical transactions include The Optical Company and Back In Motion.
Their portfolio
Showing 5 of 5 known holdings — coverage is still partial.
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doAllsports Physiotherapy operates multidisciplinary physiotherapy and sports medicine clinics, supporting injury treatment, rehabilitation and prevention.
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doBack In Motion provides physiotherapy, clinical exercise, massage and rehabilitation services through a network of Australian practices.
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doiOrthotics designs and manufactures custom foot orthotics using digital design and 3D printing, supplying podiatry and other clinical practices.
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doMy FootDr operates a podiatry clinic network providing foot care, podiatric treatment and custom foot orthotics.
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doThe Optical Company operates optometry and optical retail businesses, providing eye examinations, eyewear and related audiology services.
Sources
- healthia.com.au · portfolio page
- healthia.com.au · website
- healthia.com.au · research
- pep.com.au · research