M&A Deal Summary

SFW Capital Partners Acquires Pion

On May 20, 2021, private equity firm SFW Capital Partners acquired life science company Pion

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-05-20
Target Pion
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) SFW Capital Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Pion

Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
Pion supports drug development programs within vitro scientific instruments, contract research, and equipment maintenance. All designed to support more informed, more accurate, more timely decision making. Pion’s range of scientific instruments and services provide innovative solutions to the challenges of in vivo prediction, phys chem analysis, dissolution, and more. Clients may access Pion’s expertise either through the purchase of our instruments, or by contracting with our laboratories to run screens, assays, and analysis on their behalf. Pion was founded in1996 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts.

Search 200,500 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SFW Capital Partners

Rye, New York, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 800M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SFW Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investments in US 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 $200 million per transaction. SFW Capital Partners was formed in 2007 and is based in Rye, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 20
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 2
Type (Recapitalization) 4 of 5
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 17 of 19
Year (2021) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS 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 is based in Santa Clara, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-14 Captify

London, United Kingdom

Captify is a marketing business focused on search retargeting. Captify's technology allows advertisers to obtain new customers online by targeting users with banner advertising based on recent search-engine use. Captify was founded in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal