Ampersand Capital Partners Provides Growth Equity to NanoImaging Services

NanoImaging Services Acquires Proteos

January 5, 2025

Biotechnology

NanoImaging Services (NIS), a cryo-electron microscopy services provider backed by Ampersand Capital Partners, has acquired Proteos, Inc., a Kalamazoo-based CRO specializing in recombinant protein and antibody production. The add-on acquisition integrates Proteos’ protein production capabilities with NIS’s cryo-EM services to create an end-to-end offering for structure-based drug discovery and protein production workflows.

Ampersand Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in VIVEbiotech

December 4, 2024

Biotechnology

Ampersand Capital Partners has made a growth equity investment in VIVEbiotech to support expansion of the company’s lentiviral vector development and GMP manufacturing capabilities in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The investment will fund capacity growth and execution of VIVEbiotech’s pipeline of customer projects for cell and gene therapy developers, and industry veteran Dr. Stefan Beyer has been named Chairman.

Ampersand Capital Partners Invests in AnaBios Corporation

June 7, 2022

Healthcare Services

Ampersand Capital Partners has made a growth equity investment in San Diego-based AnaBios Corporation, a preclinical contract research organization specializing in translational research using human tissues. The investment will be used to expand AnaBios’s capabilities, therapeutic area coverage and global reach to support more successful drug discovery and development programs.

Ampersand Capital Partners Invests in BioEcho Life Sciences

March 1, 2022

Biotechnology

Ampersand Capital Partners made a minority growth equity investment in Cologne-based BioEcho Life Sciences to support the company's global expansion, new product launches, and expansion of its direct salesforce. As part of the transaction Ampersand appointed Frank Witney and Arya Mehrabanzad to BioEcho's board; financial terms were not disclosed.

Ampersand Capital Partners Invests in Genezen Laboratories

January 5, 2021

Biotechnology

Ampersand Capital Partners has made a majority growth-equity investment in Genezen Laboratories, a cell and gene therapy CDMO, to fund completion of a 25,000 sq. ft. cGMP lentiviral vector production facility and expand process development and analytical testing capabilities. The capital will support Genezen's capability expansion across upstream/downstream processing, analytical testing, and cGMP vector production to serve early‑phase and growth-stage cell and gene therapy developers.

Ampersand Capital Partners Majority Recapitalizes N2 Biomedical

June 18, 2019

Medical Devices

Ampersand Capital Partners completed a majority recapitalization of N2 Biomedical, a Bedford, Massachusetts-based provider of coating and surface treatment solutions for the medical device industry. The transaction positions N2 to accelerate growth and broaden its service offering; Ampersand also supported the appointment of Randall Sword as President and CEO while co-founders remain shareholders.