About Us

founded by and for pharmacists.

iRx Investments is the first and only private equity firm founded by and for pharmacists.

We are dedicated to growing the wealth and securing the futures of our pharmacist members. We believe that independent pharmacy is a crucial and growing component of our health care system and should be a source of significant wealth for pharmacy owners. However, until now, pharmacists were unable to significantly participate in the wealth created by private equity investments in pharmacy.

iRx Investments is led and run by experienced pharmacists, entrepreneurs and finance leaders. Collectively, we have over a century of experience building and operating pharmacies and arranging business financings at various levels. Our mission is to help independent pharmacy owners to access the true value of their businesses without giving up their independence.

We are a fund, not a chain. 

The independent pharmacist is our customer, not our target.

The pharmacist makes the biggest gain and achieves financial independence. Private capital has a role to play to enable the pharmacists to get higher valuations. By investing your pharmacy profitability in iRx Investments, you gain higher after-tax cashflow, much greater valuation of your pharmacy and substantially higher liquidity enabling you to retire at any time, a little at a time or stay with your pharmacy and grow it.

You can keep your banner, wholesaler and buying group. You will just be wealthier.

Meet the Team

  • Michael Garrity

    CEO

    Michael Garrity is the Founder and former CEO of Financeit, Canada’s largest Point of Sale financing platform, which exited for $400M in 2022.  Michael is an industry leader in technology, finance and M&A with over 30 years of operating experience.oes here

  • Laura Weyland

    Founder & Chief Pharmacy Officer

    Laura Weyland is a pharmacist and the former President of the Ontario College of Pharmacists.  She was responsible for driving the expansion of pharmacy services to cover minor ailments. She has over 35 years experience in community pharmacy having owned and operated several Shoppers Drug Mart franchises.

  • Maurizio Milani

    CFO

    Maurizio Milani is an executive and former investment banker with significant experience as either an advisor or a principal in numerous M&A and capital transactions.  As a Chief Financial Officer he provided strategic and financial leadership to several technology start-ups and scale-ups.

  • Yasu Fujita

    COO

    Yasu Fujita is a seasoned Management Consultant and SaaS Business Executive. Over the past three decades, Yasu has scaled operations and enhanced team performance, particularly noted during his tenure as COO of a start-up which he led to a successful exit.

  • Mark Walker

    Chair

    Mark Walker is a lawyer and software executive. He practised at Gowlings and litigated before the Federal Courts before leaving private practice. He has built, led and sold numerous technology companies in Canada & the US and is currently the CEO of Nue IO.