PETER GRUA, PARTNER

Peter has been a managing partner at HLM Venture Partners for over 30 years. His investment activity has focused on innovative healthcare services and digital health technology companies. Peter is currently a director of: Evolent Health (NYSE), Linkwell Health, meQuilibrium, MyTown Health, Oceans Healthcare, and Vaxcare. Previously, he was a director of several HLM portfolio companies including: Actamed (acquired by WebMD), ArroHealth (acquired by CIOX), Casenet (acquired by Centene), Innovacare Health (recapitalized by Bain Capital), MedVentive (acquired by McKesson), Medicalis (acquired by Siemens Healthineers), Nordic Consulting (recapitalized by Silversmith), Onshift (acquired by Shiftkey), Silverlink Communications (acquired by Welltok). Also, he served on the public company boards of: Atria Communities (NASDAQ acquired by Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors), Renal Care Group (NYSE acquired by Fresenius Medical Care), The Advisory Board (NASDAQ acquired by Optum) and WellTower (aka Health Care REIT—NYSE).

Prior to joining HLM in 1992, Peter was a Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons, where he directed research in healthcare services and managed care. Previously, he was a research analyst at William Blair & Company and a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Peter received an AB from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Columbia University.