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Charterhouse Capital Partners Acquires Controlling Stake in Novetude Santé

November 12, 2020

Education

Charterhouse Capital Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Novetude Santé, a France-based specialist provider of higher education and continuing professional development for healthcare professionals, from BIM. Charterhouse invested alongside Novetude Santé’s management, which retains a shareholding, and intends to support the company’s growth through internationalisation and buy-and-build add-on activity.

Highlander Partners Acquires Majority Stake in SanoVita

February 19, 2020

Food & Beverage

Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based middle-market private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in SanoVita, a Romanian plant-based food brand headquartered in Râmnicu Vâlcea. Highlander plans to accelerate SanoVita's growth through new product innovation, enhanced production capabilities and strategic M&A while the founders will remain partners in the business.

Avesi Partners Invests in Visante

February 12, 2024

Healthcare Services

Avesi Partners has made a minority growth investment in Visante, a St. Paul–based provider of tech-enabled pharmacy consulting and services for health systems. The partnership will support Visante’s growth and capability expansion across specialty and infusion pharmacy markets and includes an internal leadership transition with Steve Rough named CEO and Jim Jorgenson moving to an advisory role.

IK Partners Acquires Majority Stake in BIOBank

May 29, 2024

Medical Devices

IK Partners (via its IK Small Cap III fund) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in French tissue bank BIOBank from Verto Growth, Capital Croissance and management, who will reinvest. BIOBank, headquartered in Lieusaint, France, is a leading processor and distributor of bone allografts for orthopaedic, spine, dental and cranio‑maxillofacial surgery; IK plans to support market-share gains in France, accelerate international expansion and pursue a buy‑and‑build strategy.

Santé Cie Acquires APOSAN from IK Investment Partners

July 27, 2020

Healthcare Services

Santé Cie Group, a French home medical assistance platform majority-owned by Ardian, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in German pharmaceutical homecare provider APOSAN from the IK Small Cap I Fund (advised by IK Investment Partners). The deal advances Santé Cie's internationalisation into Germany and expands its outpatient therapy and pharmaceutical compounding capabilities; the combined group will serve more patients across France and Germany and is expected to create a joint business with >€300m revenue and 1,850+ employees once closed (subject to antitrust approval).

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Acquires Viamed Salud

October 20, 2020

Healthcare Services

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6) has acquired Spanish private healthcare group Viamed Salud from a consortium of private investors. Viamed Salud operates a network of acute hospitals, convalescence centres and outpatient clinics across multiple Spanish regions; Macquarie said the investment targets long-term growth driven by an ageing population and expansion of private healthcare in Spain.