Buyer landscape

Likely buyers · MedTech.

Prepared 2026-09-29 with GP Intel · deterministic scoring, published weights: gp-intel.com/methodology/league-tables

How companies like this sold · 1,512 verified exits: 25% to sponsors, 62% to corporates and platforms, 11% via IPO, 1% other routes. Route shift since 2020: sponsors 23% (was 29%), corporates and platforms 67% (was 55%), IPO 8% (was 15%).

The list: 25 Tier 1 · 0 Tier 2 of 120 matched buyers. A first round of the Tier 1 names plus the expansion buyers covers the demonstrated demand.

Financial buyers · 25

Tier 1 · Very High · score 70+

1. NORD Holding SponsorVery High88

15 platform investments in Healthcare · 15 deals 2024–26

AUM €5.0B · NORD Holding all inclusive Fitness Continuation Fund · 2026 vintage · deploying

Accelerating: 13 deals in the last 2 years vs 2.5/yr before.

Bought Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging from August Equity, 2026 · MedTech, UK

2. ArchiMed SponsorVery High86

56 platform investments in Healthcare · 18 deals 2024–26

AUM €9.0B · MED Rise · 2024 vintage · deploying · check €8-60M

18 platform investments since the 2024 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 9 per fund.

Backed Stago, 2026 · MedTech, France

3. Archimedes Partners SponsorVery High86

53 platform investments in Healthcare · 21 deals 2024–26

AUM €9.0B · MED Rise · 2024 vintage · deploying · check €8-60M

18 platform investments since the 2024 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 9 per fund.

Backed Stago, 2026 · MedTech, France

4. ARCHIMED and Institut Mérieux SponsorVery High86

54 platform investments in Healthcare · 19 deals 2024–26

AUM €9.0B · MED Rise · 2024 vintage · deploying · check €8-60M

18 platform investments since the 2024 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 9 per fund.

Backed Stago, 2026 · MedTech, France

5. ArchiMed and Tethys Invest SponsorVery High86

54 platform investments in Healthcare · 18 deals 2024–26

AUM €9.0B · MED Rise · 2024 vintage · deploying · check €8-60M

18 platform investments since the 2024 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 9 per fund.

Backed Stago, 2026 · MedTech, France

6. NORD Holding / Pinova Capital SponsorVery High85

12 platform investments in Healthcare · 12 deals 2024–26

AUM €5.0B · NORD Holding all inclusive Fitness Continuation Fund · 2026 vintage · deploying

Accelerating: 10 deals in the last 2 years vs 2.5/yr before.

Backed Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging, 2026 · MedTech, UK

7. Inflexion SponsorVery High84

10 platform investments in Healthcare · 27 deals 2024–26

AUM €11.0B · Inflexion Buyout Fund VII · 2026 vintage · deploying · check €90-675M

4 platform investments since the 2026 vintage · mid-deployment vs its usual 6 per fund.

Bought Primed from Paragon Partners, 2026 · MedTech, Germany

8. IK Partners SponsorVery High82

34 platform investments in Healthcare · 52 deals 2024–26

AUM €13.8B · IK Partnership Fund III · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €10-75M

18 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 13 per fund.

Bought Sterimed from Sagard, 2025 · MedTech, France

9. Irdi Capital-Investissement SponsorVery High81

27 platform investments in Healthcare · 40 deals 2024–26

AUM €550M · IRDI Impulsion · 2021 vintage · partially deployed · check €2-15M

84 platform investments since the 2021 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 28 per fund.

Backed DiappyMed, 2026 · MedTech, France

10. Quadrivio Group SponsorVery High81

6 platform investments in Healthcare · 14 deals 2024–26

AUM €2.0B · Artificial Intelligence PE Fund · 2025 vintage · deploying

6 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · mid-deployment vs its usual 6 per fund.

Backed Biotec Italia, 2025 · MedTech, Italy

11. bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thueringen SponsorVery High81

13 platform investments in Healthcare · 13 deals 2024–26

AUM €465M · Mittelstands-Fonds Thueringen II (MFT II) · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €0-3M

Accelerating: 8 deals in the last 2 years vs 2.5/yr before.

Backed DeepEn, 2025 · MedTech, Germany

12. Lauxera Capital Partners SponsorVery High81

16 platform investments in Healthcare · 6 deals 2024–26

AUM €780M · Lauxera Growth II · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €10-78M

3 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · early in deployment vs its usual 8 per fund.

Backed Bridge to Life, 2026 · MedTech, US

13. Charterhouse Capital Partners SponsorVery High80

11 platform investments in Healthcare · 10 deals 2024–26

AUM €7.0B · Charterhouse Capital Partners XI · 2023 vintage · deploying · check €28-210M

10 platform investments since the 2023 vintage · mid-deployment vs its usual 14 per fund.

Backed Winback, 2025 · MedTech, France

14. GHO Capital Partners SponsorVery High79

21 platform investments in Healthcare · 4 deals 2024–26

AUM €9.0B · GHO Capital IV LP · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €50-375M

3 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · mid-deployment vs its usual 6 per fund.

Bought Fotofinder Systems from EMZ Partners, 2025 · MedTech, Germany

15. Bpifrance Investissement SponsorVery High78

15 platform investments in Healthcare · 38 deals 2024–26

AUM €57.3B · Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel · 2023 vintage · deploying · check €1-8M

Accelerating: 32 deals in the last 2 years vs 6.3/yr before.

Backed MexBrain, 2021 · MedTech, France

16. Inflexion (Partnership Capital III) SponsorVery High78

9 platform investments in Healthcare · 25 deals 2024–26

AUM €11.0B · Inflexion Buyout Fund VII · 2026 vintage · deploying · check €90-675M

Accelerating: 15 deals in the last 2 years vs 5.0/yr before.

Backed Primed, 2026 · MedTech, Germany

17. Merieux Equity Partners / Vitruvian Partners SponsorVery High78

57 platform investments in Healthcare · 7 deals 2024–26

AUM €1.6B · Mérieux Participations 5 · 2026 vintage · deploying · check €7-50M

3 platform investments since the 2026 vintage · early in deployment vs its usual 8 per fund.

Backed Prothea Technologies, 2024 · MedTech, UK

18. BC Partners SponsorVery High77

19 platform investments in Healthcare · 5 deals 2024–26

AUM €40.0B · BC Partners XII · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €44-330M

5 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · early in deployment vs its usual 12 per fund.

Backed IGS GeboJagema, 2025 · MedTech, Netherlands

19. UI Investissement SponsorVery High77

17 platform investments in Healthcare · 13 deals 2024–26

AUM €1.7B · Cap Autrement · 2023 vintage · deploying