Healthcare
Value4Capital makes 2x gross return on MedLife IPO
Exit comes as part of the Romanian private healthcare provider’s RON 522m IPO in Bucharest
MVM Life Science Partners injects €7.5m into Valneva
Previous investors BPI France and Groupe Grimaud will respectively retain 9.6% and 15.6% in the group
EQT exits BSN Medical in €2.74bn trade sale
EQT had acquired the group from Montagu Private Equity in 2012 for €1.82bn
LBBW leads €6m series-B for Amcure
Backers include existing investors KfW, MBG and S-Kap Unternehmensbeteiligungs
EQT to acquire Independent Vetcare from Summit
Deal follows a two-year holding period for Summit and comes two years after EQT acquired Evidensia
Apax Partners buys Unilabs from Nordic Capital and Apax Partners France
As part of the deal, Nordic Capital and Apax Partners France fully exited the business
Maven makes 9x on Regent Pacific/Plethora exit
Scottish GP Maven Capital Partners has made 9x money on its investment in London-based premature-ejaculation-focused pharmaceuticals company Regent Pacific, after a full exit.
SEP and Albion Ventures exit Exco InTouch
Venture capital firms originally invested in the company in 2011 and 2014 respectively
EQT Mid Market buys nicotine gum maker Fertin Pharma
Founding family of the Danish business will reinvest alongside EQT for a 30% stake
Meusinvest, Spinventure in €4m round for PDC Line Pharma
Round included €2.6m equity and €1.4m in bank loans, EU funding and French and Belgian regional funding
NeoMed launches brain tumour therapy fund
Brain Tumour Charity has provided ТЃ10m to the ТЃ60-80m vehicle in its role as cornerstone investor
Ardian buys majority stake in Schwind
Deal marks the fourth transaction for the GP’s Ardian Expansion Fund IV vehicle
High-Tech Gründerfonds leads €9m series-A for Audiocure
Backers in the round include new shareholder Med-El and several private investors
Life Sciences Partners et al. in €32m round for Oxthera
Round also saw participation from Ysios Capital, Sunstone Capital and Flerie Invest
GHO holds €660m final close for maiden fund
Healthcare-focused GP will target European and North American assets with international growth plans
BayBG in €6m AMW round
AMW recently acquired an additional site in order to build a new production facility
Deal in Focus: Ardian buys Equistone's Unither for €675m
Deal for French pharmaceuticals company will see the buisness enter its fourth consecutive period under PE ownership
Ergon buys Deutsche Intensivpflege from Delta
Belgian family office Sofina and several other LPs invested alongside Ergon
HTGF and Bayern Kapital in Mecuris seed round
Mecuris claims to operate in a €1.8bn market for prosthetics in Germany
Ardian, Keensight, Parquest acquire Unither
Unither was acquired from a consortium of investors led by Equistone Partners Europe
Bridgepoint sells Oasis to Bupa for £835m
Sale of British private dental healthcare provider follows three-year holding period
Polytech in $9.7m series-A for Ava
Other Swiss and American investors joined Polytech in the series-A round
Foresight injects £3m into Med Imaging
Investment in medical device maintenance firm marks the third deal from the GP's regional fund
CVC's Elsan to bolt on MédiPôle Partenaires
Planned merger is a significant consolidation effort in the French private healthcare landscape