Telegraph Hill Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, Telegraph Hill Partners has invested in 7 companies.

Telegraph Hill Partners’ most common sectors for investment are medical products (54%) and life science (35%). The Firm’s most common investment types include venture (63%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (22%). In total, Telegraph Hill Partners has invested in 10 US states and 3 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2003 when it acquired Ambion for $11M.

In the last 3 years, Telegraph Hill Partners has exited 4 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (83%). Telegraph Hill Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2014 when it sold PneumRx for $475M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity55
    • M&A Buy Activity32
    • M&A Sell Activity23
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 27

Telegraph Hill Partners

360 Post Street, Suite 601,
San Francisco, California 94108
United States
(415) 765-6980
www.thpartners.net
info@thpartners.net

Telegraph Hill Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investing in later-stage life science, medical device, and healthcare companies. Prospective companies should be at or near profitability and demonstrate success. Other areas of interest within the healthcare sector include life science technologies, chemistry/reagent suppliers, and information management. Telegraph Hill Partners was formed in 2001 and is based in San Francisco, California.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Life Science, Medical Products, Test/Measurement Equipment

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Divestiture, Growth Capital, Secondary Buyout, Venture

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 23 2 2 4 1 - 32
vol $16M $16M
Sell (0.8/yr) # 19 - - 1 - 3 23
vol $1.4B $320M $1.7B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Precision NanoSystems, Inc. 2021-06-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Vancouver, British Columbia · www.precisionnanosystems.com
Akoya Biosciences, Inc. 2021-04-15 - IPO
Menlo Park, California · www.akoyabio.com
Asuragen, Inc. 2021-03-03 320M USD Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.asuragen.com
Nivagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2020-05-19 - Venture
Sacramento, California · www.nivagen.com
MedPricer.com, Inc. 2019-10-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Guilford, Connecticut · www.medpricer.com
Specific Diagnostics, Inc. 2019-09-06 - Growth Capital
Mountain View, California · www.specific-dx.com
Emerging Therapy Solutions, Inc. 2019-08-21 - Venture
Bloomington, Minnesota · www.emergingtherapies.com
Nimble Therapeutics, Inc. 2019-04-30 - Venture
Madison, Wisconsin · www.nimbletherapeutics.com
InvisALERT Solutions 2019-03-29 - Venture
West Chester, Pennsylvania · www.invisalertsolutions.com
Akoya Biosciences, Inc. 2018-10-02 - Venture
Menlo Park, California · www.akoyabio.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
The Magstim Co. Ltd. 2015-01-01 Electrical Geodesics, Inc. 2020-07-02 1
Whitland, United Kingdom · www.magstim.com Eugene, Oregon · www.egi.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Medical Products 6 (46%) - 17 (53%) -
Life Science 5 (38%) - 11 (34%) 16M (100%)
Information Technology 2 (15%) - 2 (6%) -
Healthcare Services - - 1 (3%) -
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (3%) -
Total 13 - 32 $16M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 11 (85%) - 29 (91%) 16M (100%)
  California 5 (38%) - 16 (50%) 11M (65%)
  Texas - - 3 (9%) -
  Wisconsin 1 (8%) - 2 (6%) -
  Washington 1 (8%) - 2 (6%) -
  Virginia 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Utah 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Pennsylvania 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Minnesota 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Connecticut - - 1 (3%) -
United Kingdom 2 (15%) - 2 (6%) -
Canada - - 1 (3%) -
  British Columbia - - 1 (3%) -
Domestic 11 (85%) - 29 (91%) 16M (100%)
Cross-border 2 (15%) - 3 (9%) -
Total 13 - 32 $16M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Venture 7 (54%) - 20 (63%) 6M (35%)
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (15%) - 7 (22%) 11M (65%)
Divestiture 1 (8%) - 2 (6%) -
Growth Capital 2 (15%) - 2 (6%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
Total 13 - 32 $16M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 11 (48%) 1.5B (88%)
Trade Sale 9 (39%) 197M (12%)
IPO 2 (9%) -
Secondary Sale 1 (4%) -
Total 23 $1.7B

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 2 $16M
TOTAL $16M
Largest Ambion, Inc.
$11M (2003-05-01)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 5 $1.5B
< $100M 5 $223M
TOTAL $1.7B
Largest PneumRx, Inc.
$475M (2014-12-04)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
6%
2 (6%)
Strategic(s)
6%
2 (6%)
Exited to
Strategic(s)
87%
20 (87%)

Investor Summary

Size

Middle-Market

Established

2001

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

J. Matthew Mackowski

Chairman & Managing Director

Deval Lashkari

Senior Partner

Gary Curtis

Venture Partner

Thomas Raffin

Venture Partner

Robert Shepler

Managing Director

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