
Nordic Capital to buy four Germany-based healthcare consultancies
Nordic Capital plans to acquire and merge healthcare consultancy companies WMC Healthcare, KDD Digital Healthcare, Miralytik and Hospital Management Group, according to a filing with the German competition authority.
The filing is dated 17 July 2020.
Nordic Capital is current deploying equity from Nordic Capital IX, which held a final close in May 2018 on €4.3bn. The GP registered its next fund, targeting €5bn, in March 2020.
The GP's previous DACH healthcare investments include care home chain Alloheim, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital Fund VIII, and eye clinic chain Ober Scharrer, a portfolio company of Fund IX.
Nordic Capital was not available for comment at the time of publication.
Company
WMC is a Munich-based healthcare digitalisation consultancy founded in 2017. It employs 70 people, according to LinkedIn.
Founded in 2017, KDD is based in Düsseldorf and produces software for use in hospitals. It has 15 employees, according to LinkedIn.
Miralytik is based in Hamburg and was founded in 2019. It produces software including the recently launched Miralytik.Live, which allows hospitals to track capacity in intensive care facilities.
Hospital Management Group is headquartered in Schleswig and was founded in 2018. It advises hospitals on topics including budget negotiation and operation room management.
People
WMC Healthcare – Reinhard Wichels, Tobias Möhlmann (founders).
KDD Digital Healthcare – Anne Wichels-Schnieber (CEO, co-founder).
Miralytik – Sebastian Fenger (founder, CEO).
Hospital Management Group – Florian Friedel (CEO).
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