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Which healthtech sectors are mature enough to be of interest to private equity?

The year ahead will undoubtedly bring a plethora of new opportunities for PE. And one area we’re seeing exciting new activity in is healthtech. We spoke with Thomas Hagemeijer, once of global management consulting firm AT Kearney, and then digital consultancy TLGG as healthcare lead, about the Private Equity in healthcare landscape, which sectors are reaching maturity, and the challenges of driving healthcare innovation without risking care quality.
January 10, 2025

Jefferies Healthcare Temperature Check reveals bullish outlook for 2025

  The healthcare sector is poised for a robust 2025, according to Jefferies' seventh annual Healthcare Temperature Check, released during their 2024 London Healthcare Conference, taking place this week. The comprehensive survey, capturing insights from 500 senior healthcare leaders, reveals growing optimism across the for-profit sector. A striking 73% of respondents expect the MSCI World […]
November 19, 2024

How AI can revolutionise healthcare and stand out while doing it – Frederik Brabant, Chief Strategy and Medical Officer of Corti

AI solutions for healthcare are evolving at pace, and fast-growth Danish startup Corti is no exception. After closing a $60 million Series B funding round last year, the software company says it is now attracting interest from Silicon Valley figures and major tech companies. But what makes it stand out from its competitors? We spoke with Corti’s Chief Strategy and Medical Officer, Frederik Brabant, about how exactly the product is built and works, why it’s making waves, and what its future looks like. 
October 25, 2024

Apax Partners halts new investments into healthcare assets

Apax Partners, a global private equity firm based in London, has decided to stop new investments into healthcare assets as it sees fewer opportunities in the industry. The firm will now no longer have a dedicated healthcare team and will reassign the vast majority of the members to other roles, according ‘to an update to its limited partners’ seen by Bloomberg News. The firm will keep investing in ‘healthcare-adjacent businesses’.
October 14, 2024

Why pharma services is such an attractive investment space

Last week Telemos Capital, a European mid-market private equity firm backed by family capital, bought Helios Global Group, a full-service global healthcare communications provider, from NorthEdge, a regional lower mid-market private equity company. We spoke with one of the deal's advisors — Tom Cowap, Managing Director at Baird, an employee-owned international investment bank — about how this is a bellwether for growing private equity interest in the med comms and wider pharma services space.
October 10, 2024

PAI Partners seeks sovereign wealth fund boost for Sanofi consumer healthcare bid

PAI Partners, the French private equity firm, is in talks with two of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds to support its offer for Sanofi SA's consumer health division. According to anonymous Bloomberg sources, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Singapore's GIC Pte are considering joining PAI's consortium. The deal could value the business […]
August 29, 2024

Hillhouse and EQT vie to acquire global BPO provider GeBBS

The sale of US-based healthcare BPO firm GeBBS Healthcare Solutions has entered its final stage, with Asian and European funds competing for acquisition. Hong Kong’s Hillhouse Investment has emerged as the frontrunner and is reported to have offered approximately USD $870 million for a 100% stake, slightly ahead of Sweden’s EQT Partners' bid of $855-860 […]
August 29, 2024
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