Indian healthcare startup PharmEasy to acquire majority stake in listed firm Thyrocare for over $600 million
https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/25/indian-healthcare-startup-pharmeasy-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-listed-firm-thyrocare-for-over-600-million/
API Holdings, which operates the giant healthcare startup PharmEasy, said on Friday it has reached an agreement to acquire 66.1% stake in Thyrocare, which runs a diagnostic lab chain, for about $613 million in what is the first ever acquisition of a listed firm by an unicorn startup in the world’s second most populated nation.
The transaction is subject to regulatory and other applicable customary approvals. Docon Technologies Pvt Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of API, will be the acquirer and shall make an open offer for an additional 26% stake for over $241 million, the startup said in a statement.