BioLife Solutions - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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BioLife Solutions M&A Summary

BioLife Solutions has acquired 6 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years.

BioLife Solutions’ largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired SciSafe for $30M. BioLife Solutions has acquired in 6 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include medical products (34%) and life science (34%).

BioLife Solutions Business Overview

Where is BioLife Solutions headquartered?

BioLife Solutions is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.

What is BioLife Solutions’ revenue?

BioLife Solutions disclosed revenue of 119M USD for 2021 and 48M USD for 2020.

How many employees does BioLife Solutions have?

BioLife Solutions has 193 employees.

What sector is BioLife Solutions in?

BioLife Solutions is a life science company.

When was BioLife Solutions founded?

BioLife Solutions was founded in 1987.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity6
    • M&A Buy Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

BioLife Solutions

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 310,
Bothell, Washington 98021
United States,
(425) 402-1400
www.biolifesolutions.com

BioLife Solutions is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of proprietary clinical grade cell and tissue hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media for cells and tissues. Our proprietary HypoThermosol® and CryoStor® platform of solutions are highly valued in the regenerative medicine, biobanking and drug discovery markets. Our biopreservation media products are serum-free and protein-free, fully defined, and are formulated to reduce preservation-induced cell damage and death; offering commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function. BioLife Solutions was founded in 1987 and is based in Bothell, Washington.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 3 1 2 - - - 6
vol $21M $30M $51M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  6

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Sexton Biotechnologies 2021-08-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Indianapolis, Indiana · www.sextonbiotechnologies.com
Global Cooling, Inc. 2021-03-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Athens, Ohio · www.stirlingultracold.com
SciSafe 2020-09-21 30M USD Add-on Acquisition
Cranbury, New Jersey · www.scisafe.com
Custom Biogenic Systems, Inc. 2019-11-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Bruce Township, Michigan · www.custombiogenics.com
Astero Bio Corp. 2019-03-14 21M USD Add-on Acquisition
Menlo Park, California · www.asterobio.com
SAVSU Technologies, Inc. 2018-09-05 - Stake Purchase
Albuquerque, New Mexico · www.savsu.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 2 (33%) 30M (59%) - -
Medical Products 2 (33%) 21M (41%) - -
Manufacturing 1 (17%) - - -
Packaging 1 (17%) - - -
Total 6 $51M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 51M - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  New Mexico 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 30M - -
  Michigan 1 - - -
  Indiana 1 - - -
  California 1 21M - -
Total 6 $51M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 2 $51M
TOTAL $51M
Largest SciSafe
$30M (2020-09-21)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Life Science

Revenue

119   148% 2021
48   78% 2020
27   35% 2019
20   82% 2018
11   38% 2017
8   34% 2016
6   0% 2015
6   34% 2014
9   2013
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Employees

193

Established

1987

Public

NASDAQ: BLFS

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