Portfolio Company Blue Matter Acquires Sam Brown
Baird Capital portfolio company Blue Matter Consulting LLC (“Blue Matter”), a leading strategic consulting firm serving the life sciences industry, has acquired Sam Brown Inc., a leading integrated healthcare communications and public relations agency focused on corporate, clinical and commercial communications for the life sciences industry. Baird Capital supported Blue Matter with acquisition expertise and process management.
The Global Private Equity team invested in Blue Matter in 2020. With the acquisition of Sam Brown, Blue Matter will add complementary full-service strategic communications capabilities to enhance its integrated cross-functional strategic advisory and market research offerings across medical affairs, market access, marketing, sales and commercialization, and business development specialties.
“Sam Brown has an excellent reputation as a premier communications agency offering high-quality and impactful capabilities to innovative, high-performing life sciences companies,” said Ashwin Dandekar, founder and Chief Executive Officer at Blue Matter. “Blue Matter and Sam Brown share a commitment to excellence, a people-first culture, and a clear vision to transform the delivery of consulting and communications services to the healthcare industry. Our companies are aligned culturally and strategically, and I am incredibly excited about the opportunities that this acquisition affords to inspire our teams, expand our reach and harness synergies to power the growth of Blue Matter.”
Blue Matter is headquartered in San Francisco with additional global offices in New York, London, Switzerland, Germany, Boston, and Mumbai.