M&A Deal Summary

Elsevier BV Acquires 3D4Medical

On November 27, 2019, Elsevier BV acquired information technology company 3D4Medical from Malin

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Elsevier BV’s 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Elsevier BV’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-11-27
Target 3D4Medical
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Elsevier BV
Sellers(s) Malin
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

3D4Medical

Dublin, Ireland
3D4Medical Ltd. specializes in the development of medical, educational and health and fitness apps for healthcare professionals as well as student and patient education.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Elsevier BV

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1880
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific information. The Company is based in Amsterdam with additional operations in the United Kingdom, US, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 29
Sector (Information Technology) 3 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-19 Science-Metrix

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Science-Metrix is a Canadian research evaluation firm specializing in the assessment of science and technology (S&T) activities. Founded in 2002, the firm is an internationally recognized leader in the assessment of S&T using bibliometric methods and in the evaluation of science-based programs and initiatives. Science-Metrix has successfully completed around 500 research and evaluation contracts for dozens of organizations across North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Over the years, the firm has developed cutting-edge expertise in the development and production of R&I indicators for bibliometrics and technometrics, including gender-based indicators and the measurement of open access publications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-11 Authess

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Authess is a developer of an advanced performance-based competency assessment platform that evaluates how students solve complex, open-ended problems they would encounter on the job. Authess was founded in 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Malin

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Life Science
Employees255
Revenue 41M EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Malin is a globally operating life sciences company. Malin was founded in 2014 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
Country (Ireland) 1 of 3
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-09 Melinta Therapeutics

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Melinta Therapeutics is a molecule drug discovery and development company focused on the structure-based design of new classes of antibiotics.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-09 Poseida Therapeutics

San Diego, California, United States

Poseida Therapeutics is a therapeutics-focused biotechnology company using best-in-class genome engineering technologies to develop novel, life-saving treatments, including gene therapies for orphan liver diseases and immuno-oncology therapeutics for several types of cancer. Poseida's lead product candidates include a gene therapy treatment for the rare liver disease Progressive Familial Intraheptatic Cholestasis 3 and an autologous CAR-T therapeutic for multiple myeloma. Poseida is also partnered with Janssen Biotech (JNJ) to develop allogeneic CAR-T therapies for various cancers. Poseida owns several industry-leading technologies, including the piggyBac DNA Modification System, XTN TALEN and NextGEN CRISPR site-specific nucleases, and Footprint-Free Gene Editing (FFGE). Poseida Therapeutics was founded in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

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