M&A Deal Summary

GHO Capital Partners Acquires Scientist.com

On September 16, 2025, private equity firm GHO Capital Partners acquired life science company Scientist.com

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GHO Capital Partners’ 16th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is GHO Capital Partners’ 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is GHO Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-09-16
Target Scientist.com
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) GHO Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Union Square Advisors (Financial)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Legal)

Target

Scientist.com

Solana Beach, California, United States
Scientist.com is the pharmaceutical industry’s AI-powered marketplace for outsourced R&D. Scientist.com offers a full suite of science-based content and event production services such as webinars, virtual events, podcasts, and training programs to its existing global network of researchers and service providers. Scientist.com was founded in 2007 and is based in Solana Beach, California.

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Buyer

GHO Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 6.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

GHO Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on the healthcare sector. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout Europe and seeks well-established, profitable businesses that have the potential to deliver a combination of double-digit top line growth, significant efficiency gains and international expansion. GHO Capital Partners was established in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 25
Sector: Life Science M&A 16 of 16
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 6
State: California M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 12 of 12
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-08 FotoFinder

Bad Birnbach, Germany

FotoFinder is a provider of skin visualization technology for early skin cancer detection and aesthetics. FotoFinder was founded in 1991 and is based in Bad Birnbach, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-29 Visufarma

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Visufarma is a specialty pharma company that develops and commercialises ophthalmic products and devices targeting the ocular surface and anterior segment. Visufarma was founded in 2016 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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