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Investment Summary

EQT Invests In Certara

On December 17, 2020, private equity firm EQT invested in life science company Certara

Investment Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 10th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is EQT’s 34th transaction in the United States.
  • This is EQT’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.
Investment Fate
  • Certara was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2022.

Investment Summary
Date 2020-12-17
Target Certara
Sector Life Science
Investor(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

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

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 240 of 317
Sector (Life Science) 10 of 14
Type (Stake Purchase) 22 of 25
State (New Jersey) 2 of 7
Country (United States) 34 of 60
Year (2020) 19 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-16 Storable

Austin, Texas, United States

Storable is a software & technology provider to the self-storage industry. Storable offers an end-to-end integrated suite of technology solutions to empower self-storage operators to enhance efficiency and optimize occupancy. Storable was founded in 2019 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-01 Zelestra

Getxo, Spain

Zelestra is a vertically integrated developer and independent power producer, focused on utility scale renewable projects across multiple technologies with a strong international pipeline. Zelestra is based in Getxo, Spain.

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