Investment Summary

Gilde Healthcare and Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Invest In Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation

On January 1, 2013, private equity firms Gilde Healthcare and Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity invested in medical products company Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation

Investment Highlights
  • This is Gilde Healthcare’s 5th and Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Gilde Healthcare’s 3rd and Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity’s 1st transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2014 for 200M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2013-01-01
Target Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation
Sector Medical Products
Investor(s) Gilde Healthcare
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity
Deal Type Venture

Target

Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation

Munich, Germany
Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation GmbH is developing a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system for patients suffering from brain disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Sapiens’ innovative solution is an advanced DBS lead with 40 individual stimulation points.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Gilde Healthcare

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 2.6B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Gilde Healthcare is a specialist private equity and venture investor focused on the healthcare sector. The Firm's buyout group targets majority investments throughout Europe (preference for Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria or Switzerland) and has a focus on healthcare providers, suppliers and service providers active in the healthcare market. The Firm's venture group looks to invest in early stage medtech, diagnostics, digital health and therapeutics companies throughout North America and Europe. Gilde Healthcare was established in 1982 and is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 56
Sector: Medical Products M&A 5 of 14
Type: Venture M&A Deals 23 of 31
Country: Germany M&A 3 of 9
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-20 Pharmaline B.V.

Oldenzaal, Netherlands

Pharmaline is a specialized manufacturer of unregistered pharmacy products. Pharma Line offers the full package pharmacy preparations that is common in the community pharmacy.This applies both to stock preparations as ad hoc preparations at the patient level in the form of creams, ointments, tablets, capsules, drops, liquids, suspensions, and injectabilia (injections, infusions, cassettes).

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-04 ProFibrix B.V.

Leiden, Netherlands

ProFibrix is a provider of fibrinogen technology to develop and market innovative products for the hemostasis and regenerative medicine markets. Human fibrinogen is a natural blood protein that plays a pivotal role in blood clotting and tissue healing.

Sell $230M
Investor
DESCRIPTION

Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity is the private equity arm of asset manager and financial services firm Edmond de Rothschild. The private equity group looks seeks buyout and expansion style investments and will consider opportunities across the world, including North America, Europe, and Africa. The Firm broadly invests in real estate, infrastructure projects, and directly in companies. Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity is based in Geneva, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 31
Sector: Medical Products M&A 2 of 2
Type: Venture M&A Deals 3 of 5
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-09 Rossignol

Montsurs, France

Rossignol is a manufacturer, designer, and distributor of waste collection and hygiene equipment come in a range of colors and sizes, transforming this every-day object into a decorative kitchen article. Rossignol was founded in 1896 and is based in Montsurs, France.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-15 Itesa

Marseille, France

Itesa is a distributor of alarm and electronic security systems. Itesa was established in 1978 and is based in Marseille, France.

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