Katena Products Acquires ASICO, LLC

IK Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Ascora Group

December 18, 2025

Insurance

IK Partners’ Small Cap IV fund has acquired a majority stake in Ascora Group in a management buyout that supports founder Stéphane Henry’s succession. The deal strengthens Ascora’s buy-and-build strategy across France—particularly in Real Estate and Property & Casualty—while enabling CEO Bruno Deschamps and the management team to increase their ownership and accelerate investments in sales and digital tools.

Keensight Capital Acquires Majority Stake in ACTICO Group from Bregal Unternehmerkapital Funds

March 13, 2025

Software

Keensight Capital has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in ACTICO Group, a Germany-headquartered provider of regulatory compliance, decision automation, and credit risk management software. Existing shareholder Bregal Unternehmerkapital Funds will partially exit and reinvest alongside Keensight; Keensight plans to support ACTICO's international expansion and product roadmap, with the deal expected to close in May 2025 subject to regulatory approvals.

Corza Medical (GTCR Portfolio Company) Acquires Katena Products from Audax Private Equity

December 2, 2021

Medical Devices

Corza Medical, a GTCR portfolio company, has acquired Katena Products from Audax Private Equity. Katena is a Parsippany, New Jersey–based manufacturer of precision ophthalmic instruments, single-use devices and specialty biologics with more than 200 employees and sales in over 110 countries. Audax, which acquired Katena in 2015, supported the company's operational and M&A-driven growth during its ownership.

Katena Products Acquires Micro-Select Instruments, Inc.

October 20, 2020

Medical Devices

Katena Products, a global provider of ophthalmic instruments and devices (PE-backed by Audax Private Equity), has acquired Micro-Select Instruments, a St. Clair, Missouri-based manufacturer of high-precision ophthalmic surgical instruments. Katena will combine Micro-Select with its prior St. Louis instrument acquisition to expand its instrument manufacturing capabilities and support its buy-and-build strategy.

Advancing Eyecare Acquires Ophthalmic Instruments & Consulting Company (OIC)

August 1, 2019

Medical Devices

Advancing Eyecare, a PE‑backed ophthalmic instrument platform formed by Atlantic Street Capital with industry partners, has acquired Ophthalmic Instruments & Consulting Company (OIC), a Pacific Northwest supplier of classical and diagnostic ophthalmic equipment. The add‑on expands Advancing Eyecare’s regional coverage and service capabilities to better serve ophthalmologists and optometrists.

Nicox S.A. Acquires Aciex Therapeutics, Inc.

July 2, 2014

Pharmaceuticals

Nicox S.A. agreed to acquire Aciex Therapeutics, Inc., a U.S.-based ophthalmic development company, in a share-exchange deal that will transfer 100% of Aciex to Nicox. The transaction (approved by Nicox shareholders on October 22, 2014) issues 20,627,024 new Nicox shares for Aciex equity and includes contingent value rights giving up to $55 million in potential additional consideration tied to FDA approvals, and is intended to broaden Nicox's ophthalmic development pipeline.