- Add-on: Surgical Precision Instruments (SPI) acquires the medical devices manufacturer BENTEC Endoscopy.
- Acquisition: The company specializing in security, safety, and AI governance, Alice, raises $140 million.
- Acquisition: ARX Equity Partners acquires the physiotherapy clinic Medicofit.
- Acquisition: The livestock management platform Breedr raises $27 million.
GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS
Add-on: Surgical Precision Instruments (SPI) acquires the medical devices manufacturer BENTEC Endoscopy
Owned by Gilde Healthcare Partners, Surgical Precision Instruments (SPI) (Bade-Wurtemberg / DEU), an industrial group of medical devices that develops and manufactures precision surgical instruments, including reusable and single-use instruments, acquires BENTEC Endoscopy (Bade-Wurtemberg / DEU), a company that manufactures biopsy forceps, foreign body forceps, grasping forceps, and scissors for various endoscopic procedures such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, urology, hysteroscopy, and nephroscopy. This acquisition will allow Surgical Precision Instruments (SPI) to expand its capabilities in flexible and semi-flexible endoscopy instruments and enhance its technical expertise (Gilde Healthcare Partners, press release)
APAX PARTNERS
Acquisition: The company specializing in security, safety, and AI governance, Alice, raises $140 million
Alice (ex ActiveFence) ($63 million of revenue in 2023, Tel Aviv District / ISR), a company specializing in security, safety, and AI governance, which helps businesses test, protect, and monitor their applications, agents, and AI models against attacks, abuse, and compliance risks, raises $140 million in a funding round led by Apax Partners via Apax Digital Funds, with participation from Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech, and Phoenix Insurance, alongside existing investors Resolute Ventures, Grove Ventures, CRV, Highland Europe, Vintage Investments, Norwest Venture Partners, NFX, and Claltech. With this funding, Alice aims to accelerate the development of its AI security platform, expand its team, and grow its business activities to serve AI model developers and companies (Apax Partners, press release)
ARX EQUITY PARTNERS
Acquisition: ARX Equity Partners acquires the physiotherapy clinic Medicofit
ARX Equity Partners announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Medicofit (€3.42 million of revenue in 2025, Upper Carniola / SVN), a physiotherapy clinic that offers diagnostic, rehabilitation, and treatment services for musculoskeletal disorders, notably through personalized physiotherapy and physical rehabilitation programs. The founders and historical shareholders, Jaka Plantan, Marko Stojanović, and Nikita Belopavlovič, retain stakes alongside ARX, while Nejc Šimenko fully divests his stake and leaves his executive roles. The operation will enable Medicofit to strengthen its clinical capabilities, accelerate its geographical expansion in Slovenia and the Adriatic region, and develop its operational infrastructure to support its growth (ARX Equity Partners, press release)
PARTECH PARTNERS
Acquisition: The livestock management platform Breedr raises $27 million
Breedr (Texas / USA), a livestock management platform using EID technology and artificial intelligence to provide real-time analytics from livestock data, raises $27 million in a Series B funding round led by Partech Partners’ Impact fund, with participation from Latitude and Outsiders Fund. With this funding, Breedr plans to strengthen its team, attract more farmers to its platform, enhance its technological features with genomic data collection, and expand its network of connected supply chains globally (Partech Partners, press release)
