M&A Deal Summary

Sorin Acquires GISH Biomedical

On November 8, 2010, Sorin acquired medical products company GISH Biomedical from VM Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sorin’s 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Sorin’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sorin’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-11-08
Target GISH Biomedical
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Sorin
Sellers(s) VM Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

GISH Biomedical

Rancho Santa Margarita, California, United States
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Gish Biomedical, Inc. develops, produces and distributes medical technology products for heart surgery, orthopedics and oncology.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sorin

Milan, Italy

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Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Medical Products
Employees3,814
Revenue 782M EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Sorin SpA is a developer and distributor of medical devices.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-19 Bellco Società unipersonale a r.l

Mirandola, Italy

Bellco Società unipersonale a r.l is a provider of hemodialysis treatment solutions. Bellco offers therapies and systems for the treatment of renal failure, multiple organ failure and sepsis.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-12 Neurotech SA

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Neurotech designs and develops implantable medical devices for the treatment of debilitating disorders by neurostimulation.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

VM Capital

Dusseldorf, Germany

Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 675M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

VM Capital (formerly known as Ventizz Capital Partners) is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented technology businesses operating throughout Europe. VM Capital will consider investing in individual companies as well as acquisitions of secondary private equity transactions. Specific sectors of interest include renewable energy/clean technology, semiconductors, electronics, photonics, materials applicaton, industrial automation, medical technology, IT, and communications. Vorndran looks for control stakes when making investments. The Firm's investment horizon is 3 to 6 years. VM Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in Dusseldorf.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 19
Sector (Medical Products) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 6
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

1366 Technologies, based in Lexington (MA, USA) eliminates the cost and production challenges that have hampered solar power's ability to replace fossil fuels. The company combines breakthrough innovations in silicon cell architecture with lean manufacturing processes to make the worlds most cost effective and commercially viable high efficiency solar cells. Developed by a veteran team of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, including MIT professor and photovoltaic industry expert Dr. Emanuel Sachs, the company's novel approach breaks the historic efficiency and cost tradeoff of photovoltaics.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-27 ersol Solar Energy AG

Erfurt, Germany

The ersol group is a leading manufacturer and distributor for photovoltaic products. After acquiring ASi Industries GmbH, ersol focuses on value chain segments of ingot and wafer production (ASi GmbH) and the production of solar cells (ersol AG). In addition, the ersol group is also involved in module production (via its joint venture SESE Co. Ltd.) to a minor extent and its subsidiary aimex-solar GmbH also trades modules.

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