GHO Capital and Ampersand Acquire Avid Bioservices for $1.1 Billion

Ampersand Capital Partners Acquires Biologos LLC

March 19, 2024

Biotechnology

Ampersand Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has acquired Biologos LLC, a Glendale Heights, Illinois-based manufacturer of custom and standard cell culture media, reagents, buffers, enzymes, and sera. Ampersand will invest to expand Biologos' capabilities, product offerings, and geographic reach, and has appointed Frank Witney as Chairman with two Ampersand principals joining the board.

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 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.

Cinven Acquires Majority Stake in BioAgilytix; Cobepa Reinvests

December 20, 2021

Healthcare Services

International private equity firm Cinven has agreed to acquire a majority stake in BioAgilytix through a recapitalization, with current investor Cobepa remaining a significant minority investor. GHO Capital has realised its investment and will exit; the transaction will provide funding to support BioAgilytix’s international expansion, capacity and capability investments, and buy-and-build strategy in large-molecule bioanalytical services. BioAgilytix is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and employs about 870 staff across the United States, Europe and Australia.

Agilent Technologies Acquires Avida Biomed

January 4, 2023

Biotechnology

Agilent Technologies has acquired Avida Biomed, an early-stage developer of high-performance NGS target enrichment workflows for cancer research. The acquisition augments Agilent's SureSelect portfolio and expands its capabilities into high-growth clinical research and diagnostics markets by adding Avida's chemistries and automatable assays compatible with Agilent platforms.

Ampersand Capital Partners Invests in iuvo BioScience

September 28, 2022

Healthcare Services

Ampersand Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a stake in iuvo BioScience, a Rochester-based specialty CRO that provides laboratory, preclinical, clinical development, and scientific consulting services. The investment will fund expansion of iuvo's integrated service portfolio and laboratory capacity and support an active inorganic (add-on) growth strategy; founders Ben Burton and Mary Richardson will remain in leadership roles and as shareholders.