M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-07-23 |
| Target | CellCarta |
| Sector | Life Science |
| Buyer(s) | Chicago Growth Partners |
| Sellers(s) | Great Point Partners |
| Deal Type | Recapitalization |
| Advisor(s) | Harris Williams (Financial) |
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| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.2B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Chicago Growth Partners LLC (CGP) was a Chicago-based based private equity firm that provided expansion and buyout capital to middle-market companies generating sales of $15 to $150 million. CGP sought to invest in business services, consumer services, healthcare products/services, and industrial companies. CGP was formed in 2004 as a spin-off of William Blair Capital Partners, the investment group of investment bank William Blair. In 2014, the Firm ceased operations.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 30 of 34 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 4 of 4 |
| Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals | 10 of 12 |
| State: Quebec M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Canada M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 2 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-07 |
Teaching Strategies
Bethesda, Maryland, United States Teaching Strategies is a provider of childhood educational resources, including curriculum and web-based assessment products. Teaching Strategies offers the industry’s widest selection of research-based, developmentally appropriate instruction and assessment products to the growing early childhood market. Teaching Strategies was established in 1988 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-27 |
Systems Engineering Solutions
Chesapeake, Virginia, United States SESI is a provider of non-public educational services for children with learning and behavioral difficulties in Kindergarten–12th grade. SESI offers highly individualized, tutorial-based education at its schools and programs that serve over 1,700 students in seven states. SESI is based in Chesapeake, Virginia. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.7B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Great Point Partners is a private investment firm focused on investing in private and public healthcare companies. Great Point's private equity practice invests $10 to $100 million of growth capital in private, growing companies. Specific areas of interest within the healthcare sector includes biotechnology and life sciences, consumer health, generic drugs, health care services, information technology, insurance, medical devices, specialty pharmaceuticals, and worker compensation companies. Great Point Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 18 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 2 of 7 |
| Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals | 1 of 2 |
| State: Quebec M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Canada M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-01 |
Mediatech
Manassas, Virginia, United States Mediatech, Inc. is a provider of specialized and custom biological media products including cell-culture media, molecular biology reagents, basal-salt-solutions, antibiotics, and sera, to the life sciences industry. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-07 |
iVantage
Portland, Maine, United States iVantage is a provider of health care informatics and business analytics solutions that transform complex data into actionable business intelligence. This platform is used by hospital management teams to drive empirical and evidence based decision making. These tools are positioned at the center of a large market opportunity due to increased demand for meaningful data driven by new compliance based requirements and operational challenges of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. iVantage was founded in 2011 and is based in Portland, Maine. |
Buy | $10M |
