Successful exit: Miltenyi Biotec acquires biosensor company lino Biotech
lino Biotech, a biosensor company and the world’s only provider of Focal Molography®, announced it has been acquired by Miltenyi Biotec, a global biotech company based in Germany, on February 22, 2023.

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Since its founding in 2020, lino Biotech has made significant advances in developing new biosensors to facilitate quality control in bioprocessing, measuring viral load in cell & gene therapy manufacturing, and testing for off-target responses in living cells to support drug discovery.
Headquartered in Bergisch Gladbach, Miltenyi Biotec has been a global provider of products and services for biomedical research and cellular therapy for more than 30 years.
Under the terms of the transaction, Miltenyi Biotec will acquire 100% of the shares from the investors including Roche Venture Fund and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). The specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), acted as the exclusive financial advisor to lino Biotech.
"lino´s innovative biosensor platform and Miltenyi’s cell and gene therapy approaches offer exciting synergies to lower the cost and establish a new standard for potency assays", Dr. Mirko Stange, CEO of lino Biotech.
"The HTGF is very pleased that lino Biotech AG with its technically demanding project, which the HTGF III has advanced together with the founding team and Roche Venture, find its application within the German Mittelstand", Dr. Martin Pfister, Principal at High-Tech Gründerfonds.
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