M&A Deal Summary

Safe Life Acquires GoRescue

On April 10, 2024, Safe Life acquired medical products company GoRescue

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Safe Life’s 2nd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Safe Life’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Safe Life’s 1st transaction in Alabama.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2024-04-10
Target GoRescue
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Safe Life
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

GoRescue

Birmingham, Alabama, United States
GoRescue is a nationwide provider of AEDs, ALS devices, CPR & first aid training, EMT classes, bleeding control kits, AED program management, and life-saving industry events. As a family of lifesaving brands, they focus on preparing people to save lives every day. They have placed over 29,000 AEDs as a master distributor and trained over 267,000 students in various life-saving courses through nationwide authorized training centers. GoRescue was founded in 1997 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Buyer

Safe Life

Stockholm, Sweden
Category Company
Founded 2019
Sector Medical Products
DESCRIPTION

Safe Life operates and develops a group of companies focusing on providing life-saving equipment and related training. With a core business in Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), Safe Life has acquired numerous companies across Europe and North America since its inception. Safe Life was founded in 2019 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector (Medical Products) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 6
State (Alabama) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2024) 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-10 First Rescue

Selby, United Kingdom

First Rescue is an online retailer of defibrillators, offering a sizeable selection of AEDs from all major manufacturers, along with a variety of associated products, CPR training equipment and training courses. It owns the e-commerce website defibwarehouse.co.uk, which is one of the largest sites in the UK selling AEDs. First Rescue was founded in 2003 and is based in Selby, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-09-17 Medisol

Vlissingen, Netherlands

Medisol is a distributor of AEDs with substantial expertise in eCommerce and operations across 30 European countries. Medisol was formed in 2001 and is based in Vlissingen, Netherlands.

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