Investment Summary

Advent International Invests In Laboratorio LKM SA

On August 19, 2011, private equity firm Advent International invested in life science company Laboratorio LKM SA

Investment Highlights
  • This is Advent International’s 9th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Advent International’s 5th transaction in Argentina.
Investment Fate
  • Laboratorio LKM SA was sold to a strategic buyer in 2015.

Investment Summary

Date 2011-08-19
Target Laboratorio LKM SA
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Advent International
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Laboratorio LKM SA

Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laboratorio LKM S.A. (LKM) is a specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer in Argentina.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 191 of 353
Sector: Life Science M&A 9 of 22
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 14 of 30
Country: Argentina M&A 5 of 6
Year: 2011 M&A 11 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-04 WageWorks

San Mateo, California, United States

WageWorks is a provider of consumer-driven tax-advantaged spending accounts for health and dependent care and commuting. Products include flexible spending (FSA), health reimbursement (HRA), health savings (HSA), COBRA and commuter accounts. WageWorks, Inc. was formed in 2000 and is based in San Mateo, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-24 Raet

Amersfoort, Netherlands

Raet is a provider of HR cloud software and services. The company provides a cloud-based, integrated HR software suite covering the Human Capital Management needs of both large and small businesses globally. Raet was founded in 1965 and is based in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

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