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Arsenal Capital Partners Invests In Certara

On November 7, 2022, private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners invested in life science company Certara from EQT

Investment Highlights
  • This is Arsenal Capital Partners’ 6th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Arsenal Capital Partners’ 48th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Arsenal Capital Partners’ 6th transaction in New Jersey.

Investment Summary
Date 2022-11-07
Target Certara
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Arsenal Capital Partners
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Certara

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Certara engages in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, focused on optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes. Certara was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Arsenal Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Arsenal Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on middle-market healthcare, specialty industrial, and financial service companies. Specifically, Arsenal looks to acquire businesses in the areas of specialty chemicals, aerospace/defense, transportation, environmental services, business services, insurance, asset management, financial technology, medical products, healthcare IT, and healthcare contract research/manufacturing. The Firm typically seeks to commit $50 to $300 million per investment in profitable businesses with at least $10 million of EBITDA. Funds are generally used to support buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, consolidations, and divestitures. The Firm avoids investing in companies reliant on high levels of technology. Arsenal Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 54 of 57
Sector (Life Science) 6 of 6
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 1
State (New Jersey) 6 of 6
Country (United States) 48 of 50
Year (2022) 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-08 Meridian Adhesives Group

Charlotten, North Carolina, United States

Meridian Adhesives Group is a manufacturer of high-value adhesives and sealants technologies. Meridian Adhesives portfolio of solutions includes high-performance specialty epoxy, polyurethane, and hybrid adhesives for the electronics, medical, construction, and infrastructure markets. Meridian Adhesives Group was founded in 2018 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-23 Airnov

Choisy-le-Roi, France

Airnov is a formulator and manufacturer of active packaging solutions that protect drugs and other demanding products from moisture and oxygen. The company serves the pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and nutraceutical markets, and operates with a global reach through five manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S., France, India, and Asia. Airnov was formed in 2019 and is headquartered in Choisy-le-Roi, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 167 of 190
Sector (Life Science) 6 of 8
Type (Stake Purchase) 7 of 9
State (New Jersey) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 22 of 27
Year (2022) 8 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-26 First Transit

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

First Transit is a public transit management operator that transports over 300 million passengers annually across around 300 locations in North America. First Transit provides essential mobility services to communities, college campuses, businesses, and elderly care facilities that are economical, safe, and environmentally friendly. First Transit was founded in 1955 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-28 Trescal

Rungis, France

Trescal provides a broad range of services for the test and measuring equipment market. Supplementing the standard technical services (verification, calibration and repair of T&M instruments), Trescal provides expertise in the implementation and acquisition of measurement systems, customized equipment pool management software solutions, metrology, technical support, and training. Trescal services customers in various sectors such as Defence, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Automotive, Power Generation & Utilities, Electronics Manufacturing, Communications and Medical & Chemistry. Trescal was founded in 2007 and is based in Rungis, France.

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