“One benefit of my years working for Julian Robertson at Tiger Management was being able to interact with dozens of other fund managers in the Tiger family (aka the Tiger Cubs). I developed a sense for the characteristics of a talented investor and I believe Hashan has these traits in abundance,” Leitzes told Street Talk.

It’s an interesting move from Karst Peak, which is also letting De Silva keep his board positions at investments he made as an employee. That includes unlisted bone imaging company  Curvebeam AI, which is backed by Andrew Forrest’s Tenmile. 

It’s an interesting move because “Tiger cub rearing” is something rarely – if ever – spotted on Australian shores, where storied fund managers have historically refrained from backing talented renegades.

Depending on how the raising goes, KP RX may start popping up in substantial notices of under-the-radar listed healthcare stocks.