All Companies
We stick to what we know. Over two decades, Ampersand has developed deep expertise in the Healthcare and Industrial sectors, where our multiple prior successes give us a competitive edge.
Current companies in our Healthcare portfolio:
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Agilux Laboratories
Location: Worcester, MA
Business: Bioanalytical services for drug discovery and development
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Blue Sky BioServices
Location: Worcester, MA
Business: Contract Research Organization and provider of drug discovery solutions
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Magellan Biosciences
Location: Chelmsford, MA
Business: Clinical diagnostic instruments and consumables
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MedVenture Technology
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
Business: Outsourced developer and manufacturer of disposable medical devices
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Modified Polymer Components
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Business: Specialty plastic components for medical devices
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Nitinol Devices & Components
Location: Fremont, CA
Business: Outsourced design and manufacturing services for the medical device industry
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Current companies in our Industrial portfolio:
Selected companies from our past Healthcare portfolio include:
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Aclara Biosciences
Location: Hayward, CA
Business: Microfluidic systems for diagnostics
Result: Acquired by LabCorp
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Alexis
Location: San Diego, CA
Business: Reagents for life science researchers
Result: Sold to Qbiogene
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Assay Designs
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Business: Detection kits for drug discovery
Result: Sold to Enzo Biochem
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NOVEX
Location: San Diego, CA
Business: Electrophoresis systems
Result: Sold to Invitrogen (Nasdaq: IVGN)
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Ortho Organizers
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Business: Specialty dental products
Result: Sold to Henry Schein Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC)
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Panacos Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: PANC)
Location: Watertown, MA and Gaithersburg, MD
Business: Developer of antiviral drugs and vaccines
Result: Merged with Vitex (Nasdaq: VITX)
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Signature Genomic Laboratories
Location: Spokane, WA
Business: Molecular cytogenetics
Result: Sold to PerkinElmer
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Stereotaxis (Nasdaq: STXS)
Location: St. Louis, MO
Business: Magnetic-based microsurgical tools
Result: IPO
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Talecris Biotherapeutics (Grifols, SA)
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC
Business: Pharmaceutical development and manufacturing
Result: sold to Grifols, S.A. (Nasdaq: GRFS)
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TREK Diagnostic Systems
Location: Cleveland, OH
Business: Provider of products for microbiology labs
Result: Sold to Thermo Fisher Scientific
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TriPath Imaging (Nasdaq: TPTH)
Location: Burlington, NC
Business: Cervical cancer screening systems
Result: AutoCyte IPO 1997. TriPath Merger 1999
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Victory Pharma
Location: San Diego, CA
Business: Specialty pharmaceutical company
Result: Sold to Shionogi
Selected companies from our past Industrial portfolio:
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Daniel Products Company
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Business: High performance additives for paints and inks
Result: Sold to Elementis (London: ELM.L)
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Eigner
Location: Waltham, MA and Karlsruhe, Germany
Business: Collaborative data management software
Result: Merged with Agile Software Corp. (Nasdaq: AGIL)
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Elmet Technologies
Location: Lewiston, ME
Business: Refractory metal products
Result: Sold to co-investor
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Endeca
Location: Cambridge, MA
Business: Enterprise search and business intelligence software
Result: Sold to Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL)
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INCON (Amex: ITC)
Location: Saco, ME
Business: Industrial measurement systems
Result: Sold to Franklin Electric
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Kroy Building Products
Location: York, NE
Business: Vinyl fencing
Result: Sold to Nortek (NYSE: NTK)
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LTI Lighting
Location: Baldwin Park, CA
Business: Specialty lighting products
Result: Sold to Philips
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Moldflow (Nasdaq: MFLO)
Location: Wayland, MA and Kilsyth, Australia
Business: Design software for injection-molded parts
Result: IPO
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Northfield Acquisition Corp. dba Sheldahl
Location: Northfield, MN
Business: Flexible circuits and laminates
Result: Sold to Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX)
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Nuvex Ingredients, Inc.
Location: Blue Earth, MN
Business: Functional food Ingredients
Result: Sold to Kerry Foods
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Protient
Location: St. Paul, MN
Business: Nutritional ingredients
Result: Sold to Associated British Foods (ABF)
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Tomah Products
Location: Milton, WI
Business: Specialty surfactants
Result: Sold; now owned by Air Products & Chemicals