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Will Cozean

Managing Director at Bain Capital

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Will Cozean is a Managing Director at Bain Capital, with a background in private equity and experience at prestigious companies like McKinsey & Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has served on the boards of several prominent organizations in the life sciences sector.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director, Life Sciences

    2022 - Current

  • Principal, Private Equity

    2013 - 2022

Bain Capital is an alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.

  • Board Member

    2024

Kailera Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that provides therapies for treating obesity and related diseases.

Raised $400,000,000.00 from Atlas Venture, Bain Capital Life Sciences, Lyra Capital and RTW Investments.

  • Board Member

    2024

Serán Bioscience is a contract development and manufacturing organization.

Raised $200,000,000.00 from Bain Capital Life Sciences and Vivo Capital.

  • Board Observer

    2022

Areteia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to putting asthma patients in better control of their disease.

Raised $425,000,000.00 from Marshall Wace, ARCH Venture Partners, Bain Capital Life Sciences, Maverick Capital, Google Ventures, Viking Global Investors, Access Biotechnology, Sanofi, Population Health Partners and Saturn Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2021

Cardurion is a cardiovascular biotechnology company developing therapeutics for the treatment of heart failure and cardiovascular diseases.

Raised $603,150,000.00 from Delos Capital, Millennium Management, Bain Capital Private Equity, Ascenta Capital, Fidelity, Bain Capital Life Sciences, New Enterprise Associates, Blue Owl, Digitalis Ventures and Farallon Capital Management.

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2024

    Acquired by AbbVie.

Cerevel Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Raised $1,895,000,000.00 from Novaquest Capital Management, Bain Capital, T. Rowe Price, Perceptive Advisors, Boxer Capital, Surveyor Capital, Adage Capital Management, Ally Bridge Group, RA Capital Management and Sphera Global Healthcare Fund.

  • Business Analyst

    2011 - 2013

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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