Singapore billionaire Peter Lim is said to be in talks to buy IVIRMA, the Euro-American fertility player where big private equity is expected to bid high. HBI understands other bidders may include KKR, Carlyle and Cinven.
Big private equity players in health care face a choice as to whether to go for Pan-European imaging group Affidea which is for sale through Goldman Sachs or for IVI RMA, the international fertility group.
Multiple sources have told HBI that fast-growing German and Swiss ophthalmology group Sanoptis might be looking at a Q2 sale, but HBI understands that is not entirely correct. HBI speaks to Sanoptis CEO Volker Wendel to set the record straight.
The fertility sector is heating up with multiple deals underway. The UK’s largest group by revenue, CARE Fertility, has been bought for £300m by PE firm Nordic Capital; Reuters reports that of $2.2bn are currently being "lined up" for the largest international player, IVI-RMA. And Australia’s largest group, Virtus Health, is being bought by PE firm CapVest for an equity value of A$650m.
Voyage Care, the UK’s largest provider of support for people with learning disabilities by revenue, has been acquired by Wren House Infrastructure, a London-based subsidiary of the Kuwait Investment Authority, Kuwait’s largest sovereign wealth fund. HBI explores the multiple paid, and the thinking behind it.
HBI can exclusively reveal that a substantial UK-based fertility provider looks set to come to market later this year. HBI speaks to sources about possible pricing and buyers.
European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.
HBI has been told that Paris based private equity firm PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board have agreed to acquire Germany based ophthalmology network Veonet from Nordic Capital.
Two more dentistry platforms have been grabbed by two different private equity firms. NHS focused UK dental group Rodericks Dental has sold, HBI hears from multiple sources, and so has German-based KonfiDents. We name the buyers, the multiple, and consider why this development might shake up a stagnating market.
HBI understands that Montagu, owners of Artemis Augenkliniken which is Germany’s second-largest ophthalmology chain by revenue, is in bilateral talks to sell. HBI names the potential buyer, and also has a delve into the ongoing sale - and current finances - of Veonet Group.
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