East Seattle Partners

About East Seattle Partners

Established in 2014, East Seattle Partners is a Mercer Island, Washington-based single-family office serving as the private investment arm for its founder, Alan Frazier. Frazier created his wealth through an extensive career in financial services, particularly within the private equity asset class. Over the course of thirty years, Frazier grew the firm's assets under management to more than $4.2 billion. Prior to founding Frazier Healthcare Partners in 1991, Alan Frazier served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Immunex Corporation, (a biopharmaceutical company. Frazier and his family are heavily active in philanthropic activities. Today, East Seattle Partners invests in a range of opportunities across the private equity and real estate asset classes. The group's focus is growth equity investments in growth companies that aim to redefine business categories, solve market issues and strengthen communities. When making real estate investments, the firm targets properties that specialize in renovating historically significant buildings. In June 2020, East Seattle Partners made a direct investment in Proprio, a computational imaging company providing enhanced visualization systems for precision tasks - such as brain surgery, for instance. Geographically, East Seattle Partners invests almost only in the Pacific Northwest. Given its private nature, the firm deploys sticky and patient capital, often with long-term hold positions. East Seattle Partners has historically made controlling or significant minority investments and regularly takes a board seat on their portfolio companies. The firm has historically considered co-investments alongside like-minded family offices, private equity firms and individual investors.