Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Medical Products

Ampersand Capital Partners Acquires Signature Genomic Laboratories

On January 23, 2008, growth capital firm Ampersand Capital Partners acquired medical products company Signature Genomic Laboratories

Acquisition Context
  • This is Ampersand Capital Partners’ 5th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Ampersand Capital Partners’ 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ampersand Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Washington.
Investment Fate
  • Signature Genomic Laboratories was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2010.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date January 23, 2008
Target Signature Genomic Laboratories
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Ampersand Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Signature Genomic Laboratories

Spokane, Washington, United States
Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC is a provider of microarray-based cytogenetic diagnostics with its proprietary SignatureChip and is the major in providing microarray-based chromosome analysis.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Ampersand Capital Partners

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Ampersand Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity group that concentrates on growth equity investment opportunities in the healthcare sector. The Firm looks to invest $10 to $100 million in businesses with $10 to $100 million of revenue. Specific areas of interests within healthcare include lab products, specialty diagnostic equipment, pharmaceutical outsourcing, and specialty pharma. Ampersand generally prefers to be the first and sole institutional investor. Ampersand was formed in 1988 and is based in Wellesley, Massachusetts.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 17 of 86
Sector: Medical Products 5 of 18
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 6 of 23
State: Washington 1 of 1
Country: United States 17 of 70
Year: 2008 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-05 K-TEK

Prairieville, Louisiana, United States

K-TEK Corp. is a manufacturer, and supplies level instrumentation for liquid and bulk solids detection in North America.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-12 Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. is a pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing company.

Sell $3.1B