M&A Deal Summary

SFW Capital Partners Acquires CARON Scientific

On January 13, 2021, private equity firm SFW Capital Partners acquired medical products company CARON Scientific

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-01-13
Target CARON Scientific
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) SFW Capital Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

CARON Scientific

Marietta, Ohio, United States
CARON Scientific is a provider of laboratory equipment used in small and large molecule drug development and manufacturing, cell and gene therapy, and academic research. CARON Scientific was founded in 1985 and is based in Marietta, Ohio.

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Buyer

SFW Capital Partners

Rye, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 950M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SFW Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investments in U.S.-based, lower middle market companies that provide analytical tools or related outsourced analytical services. Specific areas of interest include test, measurement, and control instruments, as well as analytical software and information services. SFW primarily seeks control positions where the firm can commit $25 to $100 million per transaction. SFW Capital Partners was formed in 2007 and is based in Rye, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 20
Sector: Medical Products M&A 2 of 2
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 2 of 5
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 15 of 19
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-19 Micromeritics

Norcross, Georgia, United States

Micromeritics is a provider of analytical instrumentation for particle and materials characterization. Micromeritics offers market-leading technologies for the characterization of surface area and porosity, density and volume, physical and chemical adsorption, and size and shape of particles. Micromeritics was founded in 1962 and is based in Norcross, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-12 Granite River Labs

Santa Clara, California, United States

Granite River Labs is a provider of test and certification services and automated test solutions for digital connectivity and charging technologies. Granite River Labs was formed in 2009 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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