M&A Deal Summary

Vance Street Capital and Unigestion Acquire Excel Scientific

On January 12, 2021, private equity firms Vance Street Capital and Unigestion acquired manufacturer Excel Scientific

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vance Street Capital’s 4th and Unigestion’s 2nd transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Vance Street Capital’s 13th and Unigestion’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vance Street Capital’s 5th and Unigestion’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-01-12
Target Excel Scientific
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Vance Street Capital
Unigestion
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) RA Capital Advisors (Financial)
Squire Patton Boggs (Legal)

Target

Excel Scientific

Victorville, California, United States
Excel Scientific is a manufacturer of microplate sealing films and foils used by life science research, university, and testing laboratories as well as biotech companies, pharmaceutical companies, and diagnostic providers. Excel Scientific was founded in 1992 and is based in Victorville, California.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Vance Street Capital

Pacific Palisades, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Vance Street Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring mid-market, profitable businesses in the aerospace, defense, industrial, and medical technology sectors. Vance Street looks for companies valued from $30 to $350 million with sustainable competitive advantages and proven management. Prospective transaction situations include recapitalizations, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and growth capital financings. Vance Street Capital was formed in 2007 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 30
Sector (Manufacturing) 4 of 8
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 11 of 16
State (California) 5 of 5
Country (United States) 13 of 25
Year (2021) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-01 A&E Medical

Farmingdale, New Jersey, United States

A&E Medical Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of a high strength sternum closure system along with a wide variety of temporary cardiac pacing wires and extension leads, stainless steel sutures, surgical punches, electrosurgical instruments, and neurosurgical scalp clips. A&E Medical was founded in 1968 and is based in Farmingdale, New Jersey.

Sell $250M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-18 Spectra

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Spectra is a diversified designer and manufacturer of highly engineered avionics and electronics solutions primarily for the aerospace and defense technology market. Spectra offers its customers a differentiated portfolio of proprietary products that span the entire data capture lifecycle of recording, processing, routing, and ultimately displaying mission-critical data. Spectra was formed in 2021 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Buy -
Buyer

Unigestion

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1971
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Unigestion is an asset manager with a private equity division focused on global mid-market companies across Europe, North America, and Asia. Unigestion considers direct investments in established companies, secondary position acquisitions, and investments in emerging fund managers. The Firm invests in a variety of industries including industrials, agriculture, distribution, logistics, utilities, software, education, nutrition, leisure, and healthcare. Unigestion was founded in 1971 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 12
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 2 of 3
State (California) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-11-10 Wytech Industries

Rahway, New Jersey, United States

Wytech Industries is a manufacturer of specialty core wires and related components for the interventional medical markets. Wytech’s customers include the major medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers focused on high-growth therapies in the neurovascular, peripheral vascular, and structural heart-end markets. Wytech Industries was founded in 1975 and headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-03 Evaluate

London, United Kingdom

Evaluate is a provider of commercial intelligence to the global life sciences industry. Evaluate is the trusted provider of mission critical commercial information for complex business decisions to the pharmaceutical industry. Evaluate’s core product is an industry leading set of analyst consensus forecasts that provides detailed insights at the product, disease, indication and geographic level. Evaluate creates value by structuring, normalising and integrating data from company filings, research organisations, and government bodies and providing tools that drive analytical insights from data. Evaluate was the first mover in this particular space and is a leading provider today. Evaluate was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell -
Mergr

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Company

Legal