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Seven2 Acquires Porsolt

On February 21, 2023, private equity firm Seven2 acquired life science company Porsolt

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Seven2’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Seven2’s 24th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-02-21
Target Porsolt
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Seven2
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Lazard (Financial)
McDermott Will & Emery (Legal)

Target

Porsolt

Le Genest-Saint-Isle, France
Porsolt is a global preclinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) that works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutes, and not-for-profit organizations, offering specialized preclinical testing services across many disease areas, physiological systems, and processes. It provides a range of services including drug discovery, screening, as well as efficacy and pharmacological safety testing, using both standardized and innovative techniques in full compliance with GLP (ICH S7). Porsolt was founded in 1984 and is based in Le Genest-Saint-Isle, France.

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Buyer

Seven2

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1972
PE ASSETS 5.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Seven2 is a private equity firm focused on investments in listed and unlisted small and midcap companies located in Continental Europe. The Firm targets growing businesses in the tech and telecom, consumer, and healthcare services sectors valued between €10 million and €1 billion. Seven2 generally has a five year investment horizon and considers minority and majority positions. Seven2 was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 37
Sector: Life Science M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 10 of 10
Country: France M&A 24 of 27
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-12 Mailinblack

Marseille, France

Mailinblack is a SaaS provider of email security (anti-spam / malware / phishing) and cybersecurity awareness solutions (phishing campaigns, e-learning). Mailinblack was founded in 2003 and is based in Marseille, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-07-11 Infraneo

Pantin, France

Infraneo is an engineering group specialized in infrastructure management that provides inspection, diagnostic and consulting solutions to optimize the management of infrastructure throughout its lifecycle. Infraneo was founded in 1997 and is based in Pantin, France.

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