Ampersand Capital Partners Invests in AnaBios Corporation

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 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 Alliance Pharma

November 18, 2021

Healthcare Services

Ampersand Capital Partners has made a growth equity investment in Alliance Pharma, a Malvern, Pennsylvania–based bioanalytical CRO. The funding will support Alliance’s expansion of global reach, scientific capabilities, and operational capacity while founder Frank Li remains a significant shareholder.

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 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 Leads $18.5M Growth Investment in Genezen

November 2, 2023

Biotechnology

Genezen closed an $18.5 million follow-on growth equity financing led by Ampersand Capital Partners to accelerate expansion of its viral vector development and GMP manufacturing capabilities. The capital will support build-out and technology investments at Genezen's facilities (including the Fishers, Indiana GMP viral vector site) to scale retroviral, lentiviral and AAV vector production and support additional customer programs.