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ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in ExcellGene and Magellan Biologics

September 25, 2025

Biotechnology

ARCHIMED, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Switzerland-based ExcellGene SA and its sister company Magellan Biologics & Consulting (Portugal), partnering with founders Florian and Maria Wurm and management. The investment creates a group focused on cell line development, gene transfer and cell culture-based manufacturing to accelerate work on biosimilars, recombinant proteins and transfection/media products.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Germany's Zyto Group

January 12, 2021

Medical Devices

ARCHIMED, through its MED II fund, has acquired a majority stake in the Zyto group — a German developer, manufacturer and distributor of advanced cancer diagnostics, including Zytomed, ZytoVision and 42 Life Sciences. The deal will keep founders and management as significant minority shareholders and is intended to accelerate product innovation, regulatory capabilities and international expansion of the group's precision oncology diagnostics.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Xpress Biologics

October 5, 2021

Biotechnology

ARCHIMED has acquired a majority stake in Liège-based Xpress Biologics and will finance a ten-fold expansion of the company's plasmid DNA production capacity with the implementation of GMP services. Founders Christian Rodriguez, Philippe Ledent and Marc Daukandt, together with public investor Noshaq, will reinvest proceeds; ARCHIMED is investing via its MED II fund to help internationalize distribution into the US and Asia‑Pacific.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Cardioline

November 17, 2021

Medical Devices

Trans-Atlantic private equity firm ARCHIMED has acquired a majority stake in Cardioline, a Trento, Italy-based maker of cardiology devices and Europe's largest provider of cardiology-focused telemedicine. The investment, made through ARCHIMED's MED III Fund, will support Cardioline's product and software development, international expansion and potential add-on M&A while founders retain a significant minority stake and remain in management.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Cellese

April 9, 2024

Consumer Products

Global healthcare private equity firm ARCHIMED has acquired a majority stake in Cellese, the Irvine, California–based developer of growth factor- and exosome-based dermo-cosmetic products sold under the AnteAGE brand. ARCHIMED will support Cellese's commercialization and international expansion while founder Ian Sanderson and his family roll a meaningful portion of proceeds into a minority stake.

ARCHIMED (via MED Platform I) Acquires Majority Stake in SUANFARMA

November 18, 2021

Pharmaceuticals

Transatlantic healthcare-focused private equity firm ARCHIMED, through its MED Platform I (MPI) fund, has acquired a majority stake in Madrid-based SUANFARMA, a manufacturer and distributor of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and nutraceutical ingredients. Ares Management provided debt financing for the transaction; SUANFARMA founder Héctor Ara and members of management rolled a material minority stake into the business and remain significant shareholders.