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FutureLife acquires Romanian IVF clinic

FutureLife Group, a pan-European provider of IVF and genetics services co-owned by Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Central Europe-based private equity firm Hartenberg Holding, has acquired Gynatal, a fertility clinic in Timisoara, Romania. 

UK IVF sector is set for stronger 2025, with continued PE interest despite growing consolidation

FutureLife Group, a pan-European provider of IVF and genetic services, has announced its expansion in the UK with the acquisition of the independent fertility clinic Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM). This acquisition strengthens FutureLife’s presence in the UK, complementing its operations at Center for Reproductive and Genetic Health (CRGH) in central London. 

Period tracking app Flo reaches unicorn status

London-based Flo Health, a menstrual cycle and ovulation tracking app, has raised over $200 million in a Series C round led by General Atlantic, a New-York based private equity firm. The funding values Flo at over $1 billion, making it the “first purely digital consumer women’s health app to achieve unicorn status”, as well as the first European femtech company to.

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.

How healthcare companies are driving innovation with ‘Design Thinking’

Design Thinking is a product design and service development methodology utilised by L.E.K. Consulting and Hi Mum! Said Dad to help healthcare companies immerse themselves in the experiences of end-users, so that they may co-create new solutions to transform patient journeys and operational workflows.

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