Investment Summary

Value Italy Invests In Externautics

On June 1, 2008, private equity firm Value Italy invested in life science company Externautics

Investment Highlights
  • This is Value Italy’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Value Italy’s 17th transaction in Italy.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-06-01
Target Externautics
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Value Italy
Deal Type Venture

Target

Externautics

Siena, Italy
Externautics was established with the goal of identifying and developing new biomarkers for oncological and auto-immune applications. The project envisages an initial stage of identifying proteins associated with tumours and a second stage of identifying the antibodies associated with autoimmune diseases. Externautics was founded in 2007 and is based in Siena, Italy.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Value Italy

Florence, Italy

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Value Italy is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in small to mid-sized Italian companies. The Firm does not have any sector and generally looks to leverage its network and expertise when pursuing strategies for growth. Value Italy was formerly known as MPVenture. Value Italy was formed in 2001 and is based in Florence.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 24
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 17 of 23
Year: 2008 M&A 4 of 9
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-01 Dynamic Technology

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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