Private Equity Firm Healthcare

Mérieux Equity Partners

Lyon, France

Mérieux Equity Partners is a multistage investment manager specialized in the healthcare & nutrition sectors via two dedicated platforms: Venture and Growth/Buyout. It is an independent general partner registered with the French financial markets authority (AMF) and manages funds supporting healthcare and nutrition companies.

Focus Areas
Healthcare, Life sciences, Healthcare & nutrition investing

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2019-2026.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

3 buyout · 1 growth capital

Mérieux Equity Partners Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for Mérieux Equity Partners. 1 2019 1 2021 1 2023 ~1 est. 1 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Mérieux Equity Partners
    Target
    Health in Code (HiC)
    Location
    Spain

    Mérieux Equity Partners, via its buyout fund Mérieux Participations 4 (MP4), has made an investment in Health in Code (HiC) for a significant minority stake. The deal is intended to support and accelerate HiC’s next phase of growth and international expansion.

  • Buyer
    Mérieux Equity Partners, Siparex, Normandie Participations
    Target
    Piercan
    Seller
    Lucas family (founding family), Other historical shareholders
    Industry
    Medical Devices
    Location
    Normandy, France
    Type
    Buyout

    Mérieux Equity Partners' MP4 fund has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling majority stake in Piercan, with Groupe Siparex and regional investor Normandie Participations investing alongside. The deal is a primary LBO that will support Piercan — a Normandy-based, global manufacturer of isolator and dry-box gloves for the pharmaceutical and nuclear industries — to improve industrial capabilities, pursue international expansion and diversify into new market segments; the founding Lucas family and other historical shareholders reinvest part of their proceeds.

  • Buyer
    SK Capital Partners, Bpifrance, Nov Santé, Mérieux Equity Partners, Ardian, Eximium, SEQENS management team
    Target
    SEQENS
    Seller
    Eurazeo
    Industry
    Pharmaceuticals
    Location
    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
    Type
    Buyout

    Funds advised by SK Capital Partners acquired a majority shareholding in SEQENS, investing alongside Bpifrance, Nov Santé, Mérieux Equity Partners, Ardian, Eximium and SEQENS' management. The deal includes the integration of Wavelength Pharmaceuticals into SEQENS and the prior divestiture of certain non-core mineral specialties assets; SEQENS emerges as a strengthened pharmaceutical CDMO with ~€1.1bn revenue and ~3,200 employees.

  • Buyer
    IK Investment Partners (IK Small Cap II Fund), M9rieux Equity Partners
    Target
    Mabtech AB
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Location
    Stockholm County, Sweden
    Type
    Buyout

    IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap II Fund has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Mabtech AB, a Stockholm-based specialist in immune monitoring and developer of monoclonal antibodies, ELISpot/FluoroSpot kits and the IRIS reader. Mérieux Equity Partners takes a minority stake alongside IK, founders and management remain invested, and EQT Credit provided senior secured (unitranche) financing to support the transaction.

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