Acquisitions in Slovenia

Great Point Partners acquired a majority stake in Lenis Group, a Slovenia-based commercialization and GMP/GDP-compliant distribution partner for niche and specialty prescription medicines across Central and Eastern Europe. Lenis’ existing management team will continue to run day-to-day operations, and Michel Vounatsos (former Biogen CEO) was appointed board chairman to support Lenis’ next phase of regional expansion.

Enghouse Systems Limited acquired Margento R&D d.o.o. through a wholly owned subsidiary. Margento, headquartered in Maribor, Slovenia, provides transit fare collection, account-based ticketing (ABT), automatic vehicle tracking, and payment solutions, including a scalable Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform sold to public transportation agencies and transit operators. The acquisition expands Enghouse’s European transit fare solutions and adds ABT and mobile ticketing capabilities and fare-calculation backend technology.

Duni AB (Duni Group) announced the acquisition of the Slovenian tabletop company SETI d.o.o., structured as a 70% merger. The deal expands Duni Group’s footprint in Southeast Europe and strengthens its sustainable dining solutions offering, with SETI to be consolidated into Duni’s Dining Solutions business area from 1 October 2024.

SHS Capital invested €18 million in MESI Medical, an innovative Slovenian company focused on digitizing diagnostic workflows in healthcare settings. The funding is intended to help MESI expand its sales organization and broaden its product and services portfolio, including AI-powered predictive applications for digital diagnostics.

Interblock d.d., a developer and supplier of luxury fully and semi-automated electronic table games, has been acquired by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. The company will continue to operate independently, with the investment intended to support continued innovation, organic growth, and potential acquisitions in the growing electronic table games market.

Textron Inc. closed its acquisition of Pipistrel (including PIPISTREL d.o.o., PIPISTREL VERTICAL SOLUTIONS d.o.o., and PIPISTREL ITALIA S.R.L.), an electric and light aircraft manufacturer. Textron purchased the business for approximately €218 million in cash, with founder and CEO Ivo Boscarol retaining an approximately 10% minority stake for two years before being bought out under the transaction terms.

Vision Healthcare reached an agreement with Sensilab SA’s shareholders to acquire 100% of the shares of Sensilab d.o.o., a direct-to-consumer consumer health house of brands. Headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sensilab produces and distributes vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS) as well as weight loss and sports nutrition products across 17 European countries. The deal supports Vision Healthcare’s strategy to consolidate its European direct-to-consumer health-tech platform, taking group revenue above €200 million.

nChain Group Holdings Ltd, a provider of enterprise-grade public blockchain solutions, acquired Equaleyes, an award-winning full-stack software development firm. The deal is intended to strengthen nChain’s development capabilities in building mobile and web applications; financing for the acquisition was provided by SKB Banka (Slovenia).