Fortis Private Equity

Fortis Life Sciences is a strategic platform company founded in 2020 to provide capital, expertise, and operational resources to founder-led life science tools companies. Backed by Summit Partners, the company has built a diverse portfolio of high-quality brands serving the diagnostic, therapeutic, and research markets. Its subsidiaries include Bethyl Laboratories (antibodies), nanoComposix (nanomaterials), Empirical Bioscience (enzymes), Arista Biologicals (reagents), and Abcore (antibody discovery). Fortis focuses on scaling these businesses by enhancing their commercial, operational, and technical infrastructure to accelerate growth and innovation in the life sciences industry.