Gilde Healthcare picks up Koscher & Würtz

K&W is a German precision surgical instruments contract manufacturer.

  • K&W will join Glide’s portfolio company Chr. Diener
  • Gilde Healthcare is a healthcare investor
  • The firm is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Gilde Healthcare has invested in Koscher & Würtz (K&W), a German precision surgical instruments contract manufacturer.

Spaichingen-based K&W’s acquisition follows Gilde Healthcare’s initial investment in Chr. Diener, an instrument contract manufacturing company, in July 2022.

K&W will join Chr. Diener, together employing about 300 staff members.

“K&W adds an important additional segment in form of disposable instruments to the group,” said Rafael Natanek, general partner at Gilde Healthcare Private Equity. “There is also a great strategic fit between K&W and Chr. Diener.”

Gilde Healthcare is a healthcare investor managing over €2.6 billion across its two strategies: venture & growth and private equity. The private equity fund of Gilde Healthcare invests in lower mid-market healthcare companies based in North-Western Europe.

The firm is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

No financial details of the transaction were disclosed.