Investment Summary

KKR Invests In EchoNous

On September 28, 2017, private equity firm KKR invested in medical products company EchoNous

Investment Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 6th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is KKR’s 108th transaction in the United States.
  • This is KKR’s 2nd transaction in Washington.

Investment Summary
Date 2017-09-28
Target EchoNous
Sector Medical Products
Investor(s) KKR
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

EchoNous

Redmond, Washington, United States
EchoNous is a diagnostic company that develops point-of-care ultrasound imaging devices for various clinical end markets. EchoNous headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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Investor

KKR

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 252 of 483
Sector (Medical Products) 6 of 9
Type (Growth Capital) 40 of 78
State (Washington) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 108 of 210
Year (2017) 33 of 41
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-27 Suishou Technology

Shenzhen, China

Suishou Technology is a personal and household finance management platform and a pioneer in the personal finance app category. Suishou Technology was founded in 2010 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-29 Gruppo Argenta

Carpi, Italy

Gruppo Argenta SpA is a Italian player in the vending industry with more than 110,000 automatic and OCS machines that serve 55,000 clients and register over 2 million vends per day (over 500 million yearly). Argenta workforce is made of more than 1,500 people including 800 refillers and 280 technicians.

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