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AD Education
France
EducationEducationFounded in 2009, AD Education is a leading European higher education platform, pure player in the field of Creative Arts, teaching to more than 18,000 students in 14 schools on 44 campuses in France, Italy, Spain and Germany. AD Education covers 4 main sub-segments: Design & Graphical Arts, Media & Digital, Audiovisual and Culture & Luxury. Over the past 10 years, the Group has established itself as the French leader on its core educational fields, following continued organic growth as well as successful build-ups, and as a sizeable European platform following acquisitions in Italy, Spain and Germany.
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- Ardian-backed AD Education acquires Oktogone Group, a leading player in online education and training
- Ardian backed AD Education acquires the European operations of SAE Institute, a leader in Audiovisual and creative media higher education
- Ardian acquires a majority stake in AD Education, a European education platform specialized in arts, digital and audiovisual alongside its founder and CEO
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Inovie Group
France
Healthcare & life scienceHealthcare & life scienceFounded in 2010, Inovie has undergone significant external growth to become the leading independent medical diagnostic provider in France and a key player across Southern and Central France specifically. With a strong local footprint of 19 multi-site laboratories spread over five key regions (Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, Nouvelle Aquitaine Auvergne Rhône Alpes and Centre Val de Loire), Inovie’s biologists and 4,500 employees deliver high-standard clinical pathology testing to more than 50,000 patients daily. Inovie has also played a leading role in innovation, notably through their work in four areas of specialty: fertility (Inovie Fertilité), genomics (Imagenome), anatomopathology (Inopath) and veterinary services (Inovie Vet).
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Advancion
USA
Healthcare & life scienceHealthcare & life scienceAdvancion (formerly ANGUS Chemicals) develops and produces specialty additives utilized in premium Life Science and Industrial Technology applications, utilizing novel chemistries that enable cutting edge properties such as ultra-high purity, traceability, clean-labels, odor elimination, and extended longevity. Headquartered in Illinois, Advancion sells its products around the world and operates facilities in Louisiana and Germany.
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Frulact
Portugal
Consumer goods and servicesConsumer goods and servicesFounded in 1987, Frulact is an innovative producer of natural fruit-based and plant-based specialty ingredients for the Food & Beverage industry. The company counts on an extensive product portfolio based on fruit & vegetables preps for dairy, ice-cream, desserts, beverages, flavors and plant-based alternatives. Headquartered in Portugal, Frulact employs more than 750 people, operates 9 facilities across Europe, Africa and North America and sells its products in more than 40 countries.
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Dedalus
Italy
Technology, Media and TelecomTechnology, Media and TelecomDedalus is a global healthcare software company and one of the largest in the world, offering leading solutions covering the entire spectrum of the continuum of care, helping the healthcare organizations to deliver new models of care. Today the company supports over 6,300 healthcare organizations and 5,700 labs and diagnostic centers, and its software is used widely across the world, managing each year more than 3 billion diagnostic results, serving 540 million population, 28 million Inpatient and 35 million emergency admissions, while in primary care, serve more than 120 million citizens. Today, the group employs more than 6,600 highly skilled qualified people and has the largest software R&D team in the industry in Europe (∼40% of workforce).
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Santé Cie
France
Healthcare & life scienceHealthcare & life scienceCreated in 2016, Santé Cie is the third largest home healthcare provider in France, through its two operating networks Elivie and Asdia.
With the trust of healthcare professionals, the company supports nearly 150,000 home care patients, both children and adults, across France every day. It covers a wide range of therapeutic segments including perfusion, nutrition, insulin therapy, the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, respiratory assistance and wound treatment and healing. Santé Cie has nearly 1,700 employees across 80 agencies throughout France, through its Elivie and Asdia networks.