Investment Summary

KKR Invests In Kareway Medical

On January 1, 2018, private equity firm KKR invested in medical products company Kareway Medical

Investment Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 7th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is KKR’s 20th transaction in China.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-01-01
Target Kareway Medical
Sector Medical Products
Investor(s) KKR
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Kareway Medical

Foshan City, China
Kareway Medical is a professional medical equipment manufacturer with its own R&D, production, and sales facility. Kareway Medical products cover a range of electric hospital beds, manual hospital beds, electric wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, walkers, walking sticks, and other rehabilitation devices. Kareway Medical is based in Foshan City, China.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

KKR

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 267 of 499
Sector: Medical Products M&A 7 of 9
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 42 of 81
Country: China M&A 20 of 29
Year: 2018 M&A 6 of 35
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-01 Headlands Research

Lake Worth, Florida, United States

Headlands Research is a multinational integrated clinical trial site organization with a mission to improve lives by advancing innovative medical therapies. Headlands Research was formed in 2018 and is based in Lake Worth, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-04 Imagine Learning

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Imagine Learning operates a platform of digital and SaaS educational solution businesses and makes control investments in high potential businesses in the education industry. Imagine Learning was founded in 2010 and is based in Tempe, Arizona.

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