Investment Summary

Icos Capital Invests In BioActor

On July 25, 2011, growth capital firm Icos Capital invested in consumer products company BioActor for 2M EUR

Investment Highlights
  • This is Icos Capital’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Icos Capital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Icos Capital’s 8th transaction in the Netherlands.
Investment Fate
  • BioActor was sold to a strategic buyer in 2023.

Investment Summary
Date 2011-07-25
Target BioActor
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) Icos Capital
Deal Type Venture
Deal Value 2M EUR

Target

BioActor

Maastricht, Netherlands
BioActor markets health ingredients for dietary supplements and functional foods, on the basis of proprietary bioactives with human clinical evidence that address health concerns related to metabolic syndrome and ageing. BioActor was founded in 2005 and is based in Maastricht, Netherlands.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Icos Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Icos Capital is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments in clean technology. Icos looks for European companies that offer new, alternative scarce resources (water, energy) and more efficient industrial and consumer products. The firm looks to provide growth capital in the form of minority investments. Icos' target investment size is €100K to €2.5 million. Icos Capital is headquartered in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 16
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Venture) 1 of 2
Country (Netherlands) 8 of 12
Year (2011) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-18 Microdish

Utrecht, Netherlands

Microdish delivers an improved platform for microbial culture growth and detection through design, manufacture and use of microengineered culture chips and nanoscale reagents, leading to lower cost, less environmental impact and better (faster, more accurate and controlled) product characteristics. Microdish was founded in 2008 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-01 Photanol

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Photanol produces organic compounds (biofuels/chemicals) directly from cyanobacteria capturing sun light effciently and using that energy for the production (whilst consuming CO2). Photanol was founded in 2012 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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