Tracked deals
5
5 tracked deals across 2023-2026.
Operating Company
Healthcare
Lafayette Instrument
Lafayette, Indiana, United States
In business since 1947, Lafayette Instrument Company is the world’s leading manufacturer of polygraph instrumentation and also offers a wide range of physical assessment and life science research products, including custom manufacturing support (sheet metal and machine shop).
- Focus Areas
- Laboratory/Scientific Instruments, Neuroscience Research Tools, Behavioral Science / Human Evaluation Instruments
- Website
- lafayetteinstrument.com
Recent pace
2
2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
5 addon
Lafayette Instrument Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 3 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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July 31, 2026
- Buyer
- Lafayette Instrument, Branford Castle Partners
- Target
- Avisoft Bioacoustics
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Germany
- Type
- Addon
Lafayette Instrument, a Branford Castle Partners portfolio company, has acquired Avisoft Bioacoustics to expand its life sciences research instrumentation portfolio. Avisoft supplies ultrasonic microphones, recording systems, and analytical software used in ultrasonic vocalization research for universities and research institutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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May 13, 2026
- Buyer
- Lafayette Instrument, LLC, Branford Castle Partners
- Target
- Sutter Instrument Corp.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Lafayette Instrument, LLC acquired Sutter Instrument Corp. Terms were not disclosed. The deal expands Lafayette’s life sciences instrumentation product offerings and strengthens its support for universities and research institutions working in electrophysiology and neuroscience.
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November 25, 2024
- Buyer
- Lafayette Instrument, Branford Castle Partners
- Target
- ALZET Osmotic Pumps (business unit of DURECT Corporation)
- Seller
- DURECT Corporation
- Industry
- Medical Devices
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Lafayette Instrument, a Branford Castle Partners portfolio company, has acquired the ALZET Osmotic Pumps business from DURECT Corporation as an add-on to expand Lafayette’s life-science instrumentation offering. The acquisition strengthens Lafayette’s preclinical dosing product line and represents the fourth bolt-on for the company since Branford Castle’s 2021 investment; the deal includes senior and mezzanine debt financing.
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December 19, 2023
- Buyer
- Lafayette Instrument Company, Brookside Capital Partners, Branford Castle Partners
- Target
- Actimetrics
- Industry
- Medical Devices
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
Lafayette Instrument Company, a portfolio company of Branford Castle Partners, has acquired Actimetrics, a Wilmette, Illinois-based maker of scientific instrumentation and software for circadian biology and animal behavioral neuroscience. Brookside Capital Partners provided subordinated debt and minority equity to support Lafayette in the bolt-on acquisition; terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- Lafayette Instrument, LLC, Branford Castle Partners
- Target
- Aurora Scientific, Inc.
- Industry
- Medical Devices
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Type
- Addon
Lafayette Instrument, a portfolio company of Branford Castle Partners, has acquired Aurora Scientific, a Canada-based manufacturer of instrumentation and software for muscle physiology and neuroscience research. The bolt-on strengthens Lafayette’s life-science instrumentation offering and expands its product range into skeletal muscle physiology for universities and research institutions.
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