# Persistence Capital Partners

> Persistence Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Health Care and Medical. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Persistence Capital Partners is a VC fund focused on Health Care and Medical.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 50% |
| Medical | 3 | 38% |
| Retail | 2 | 25% |
| Pharmaceutical | 2 | 25% |
| Dental | 1 | 13% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 4 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 13% |
| Post-IPO Secondary | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stuart Elman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 4 | — |
| Sheldon Elman | Co-Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sheldon-elman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neighbourly Pharmacy | Neighbourly is growing network of community pharmacies. United by their patient first focus and their role as essential and trusted healthcare hubs within their communities, Neighbourly’s pharmacies strive to provide accessible healthcare with a personal touch. | $228.4M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Neighbourly Pharmacy | Neighbourly is growing network of community pharmacies. United by their patient first focus and their role as essential and trusted healthcare hubs within their communities, Neighbourly’s pharmacies strive to provide accessible healthcare with a personal touch. | $95.6M | Post-IPO Secondary | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| MCA Dental Group | MCA partners with dentists across Canada by providing the services and capital required to continue to grow their dental practices. It acquires and manages dental practices, allowing dentists to focus on dentistry rather than management. |  | Private Equity | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Summit Veterinary Pharmacy | Summit Veterinary Pharmacy Ltd. is an accredited Ontario pharmacy offering prescription services to veterinarians and the public. Summit collaborates closely with your prescriber to fill your pet’s prescriptions as prescribed by your veterinarian. We offer many unique dosage forms to meet your specific prescription needs which can help to improveyour pet's medication compliance. |  | Private Equity | Apr 14, 2020 |  |
| Summit Veterinary Pharmacy | Summit Veterinary Pharmacy Ltd. is an accredited Ontario pharmacy offering prescription services to veterinarians and the public. Summit collaborates closely with your prescriber to fill your pet’s prescriptions as prescribed by your veterinarian. We offer many unique dosage forms to meet your specific prescription needs which can help to improveyour pet's medication compliance. |  | Private Equity | Apr 14, 2020 |  |
| Anova Fertility & Reproductive Health | Anova Fertility and Reproductive Health is the leader in innovation, education and communication for high quality, humanized fertility and reproductive care. |  | Private Equity |  |  |
| Rx Drug Mart | Born from an idea that the business of retail pharmacy was being driven by large corporate entities operating in their best interests, the team at Rx Drug Mart established a pharmacy retail organization that brought the priority back to the pharmacy, the patient, and the community. |  |  |  |  |
| MDBriefCase | MDBriefCase is an independent provider of free accredited online continuing professional development (CPD) programs. Their programs cover a wide range of disease areas and are all prepared and reviewed by Key Opinion Leaders in their respective fields and aim to be at the cutting edge of current medical thinking in order to keep you abreast of theissues that matter most to you. Their programs are interactive, case study based and include videos of the KOLs answering questions throughout the modules. |  | Private Equity |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- DWS’s private equity — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Persistence Capital Partners invest in?

Persistence Capital Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Retail startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Persistence Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Persistence Capital Partners?

The team at Persistence Capital Partners includes Stuart Elman (Co-Founder and Managing Partner) and Sheldon Elman (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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