Mergers & Acquisitions

StarLIMS Receives Strategic Investment From Turn/River Capital

6919 STARLIMS NT

M&A Engagement Overview

Industry Group: Technology
Areas of Focus: Compliance, HCIT/Pharma IT, Industrial Software

Harris Williams advised StarLIMS, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, on its strategic investment from Turn/River Capital. StarLIMS is a global enterprise informatics platform for laboratories that powers manufacturing and research lab operations worldwide.

As manufacturing workflows and regulatory frameworks become increasingly complex, laboratory-driven organizations face pressure to uphold the highest levels of quality and compliance. This heightened operational and regulatory rigor is fueling surging investor demand for mission-critical software platforms like StarLIMS that are purpose-built to not only deliver seamless compliance, but also to safeguard business continuity in demanding, highly regulated environments.

StarLIMS enables greater data automation and visibility, regulatory control, and workflow management with a product suite that includes Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN), Laboratory Execution Systems (LES), and Scientific Data Management Systems (SDMS). Found in more than 2,000 laboratories, StarLIMS serves life sciences, CDMOs, food & beverage, chemical, agrochemical, oil & gas, consumer goods, contract testing, R&D, public health, and clinical diagnostics organizations. With a modern R&D ELN incorporated into its portfolio, StarLIMS addresses the critical challenges customers face in finding an advanced platform that supports them from R&D through commercialization.

Turn/River’s deep experience scaling global software companies positions StarLIMS to accelerate its product innovation, deepen customer engagement, and expand into new markets. Additionally, StarLIMS sees a significant opportunity to responsibly embed AI across its platform and operating model to accelerate insight generation, extend automation at scale, and drive durable value for customers.

Contact the Harris Williams Technology Group to learn more about this client engagement.