Investment Strategy Partners

Passionate advice in healthcare, tech and life sciences

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We focus on due diligence and value creation strategies in the European healthcare space

We cover the healthcare provider, medtech, life sciences and health IT space

INVESTOR ADVICE

A dedicated, sector focused team with entrepreneurial investor mindset

Combining interdisciplinary backgrounds from natural & pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, engineering, and business to create relevant insights

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ISP HEALTHCARE is a Munich-based consultancy focused on the health sector

We provide transaction-oriented advice to professional investors and their portfolio companies

ISP HEALTHCARE is a healthcare, tech & life sciences consulting firm focused on strategy advice for investors targeting this space and for management of companies in these fields. ISP’s customers are local and international private equity investors with mid & large cap focus as well as management of small & medium enterprises.

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Together with our clients we assess the attractiveness of potential targets and develop portfolio companies to their full potential

ISP HEALTHCARE specializes in analyzing and fostering companies’ commercial attractiveness in the context of company acquisition and beyond. Target companies typically belong to the life sciences industry (e.g., biotech, CDMOs), the medtech industry (e.g., manufacturers of implants), are healthcare providers (e.g., ambulatory chains) or belong to the healthcare software space (e.g., telemedicine providers). Most target companies are in the DACH region.

Andrea Allgäuer

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Investor advice

We are a sector-focused specialist with detailed know-how of market trends & drivers, regulatory environment, and technological & scientific innovation. This know-how enables us to thoroughly assess risks & opportunities for business models.

We advise investors and entrepreneurs in the healthcare provider, medtech, life sciences, and health IT space and see ourselves as full-service provider and long-term, entrepreneurial partner for the full life cycle of an asset.

Commercial due diligence

Detailed assessment of commercial opportunities, risks and potential value creation levers

Strategy


Strategy development and (re-)alignment of business models based on solid facts to create a compelling vision for companies and their stakeholders

Value creation


Definition of concrete and actionable levers to bring organizations to the next level and to reach their full potential

Market studies


In-depth analysis of key trends & developments to determine the attractiveness of individual markets, conjoint with the definition of well-founded market entry scenarios

Our vision: be the go-to advisor for tech and innovation driven investments in healthcare and life sciences

Our mission: support our clients in acquiring good companies and bringing them to full potential – as advisors and co-entrepreneurs

Achim Seyr | Managing Director

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Our Team

Meet the people behind ISP HEALTHCARE

Our team has extensive experience in commercial due diligence (CDD), strategy, and value creation projects with deep sector knowledge in healthcare and life sciences. Combining interdisciplinary backgrounds from natural & pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, engineering, and business, we’re confident to provide value-add to your project and/or transaction.

Achim Seyr
Managing Director

Achim Seyr
Matthias Reich
Partner

Matthias Reich
Partner

Thomas Kern
Sabine Aresin-Häfner
Principal

Dr. Sabine Aresin-Häfner
Andrea Allgäuer
Senior Manager

Dr. Andrea Allgäuer
Manager

Dr. Carina Gradl
Oliver Kaspi
Manager

Oliver Kaspi
Manager

Robin Knöbl
Consultant

Moritz Bensel
Consultant

Jacob Jasper
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Vanessa Luzak
Consultant

Moritz Mehlmann
René Menger
Consultant

René Menger
Consultant

Thomas Seefeld
Consultant

Konstantin Stölting
Consultant

Florian Timm
Anna Yevtushenko
Consultant

Anna Yevtushenko
Analyst

Alen Taric
Analyst

Lukas Wallner
Partnership Associate

Chiara Dirkes
Viktor Daiker
Accounting and Controlling

Viktor Daiker
Achim Seyr

Managing Director

Achim Seyr

Achim is the Managing Director of ISP HEALTHCARE. He has more than 15 years experience in assessing and investing in healthcare and life sciences businesses and building world class healthcare companies. Before founding ISP HEALTHCARE, he built the successful investor advice and international businesses at a leading German healthcare consultancy. He started his career at a global strategy consulting firm in Munich, London, and Sao Paulo. He completed his studies at the London School of Economics and Bocconi University of Milan.

Matthias Reich

Partner

Matthias Reich

Matthias is Partner at ISP HEALTHCARE. He has more than 10 years of professional experience as a management consultant for investor advice. At ISP HEALTHCARE he is focused on medtech and the healthcare provider space. Prior to joining ISP HEALTHCARE, he worked as Principal for a leading management consulting firm in the healthcare industry. Matthias completed his master’s degree in engineering at the Technical University of Munich and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Partner

Thomas Kern

Thomas is Partner at ISP HEALTHCARE and the founder of VINC. He has more than 15 years of experience, is a successful life science and healthcare corporate finance advisor, capital sourcing expert, investor and mentor. With his large network and long-standing experience in working with Healthcare and Life Sciences companies he’s a trusted partner to his clients. Building bridges between company owners and investors, constructing compelling equity stories, deal moderation and negotiation are his specialty. Thomas started his career in bulge bracket investment banking and after that he led the build-up of the healthcare practice of a European investment banking boutique. He completed his studies at the London School of Economics and the IMC Krems.

Sabine Aresin-Häfner

Principal

Dr. Sabine Aresin-Häfner

Sabine is Principal at ISP HEALTHCARE. Her focus lies on investor and startup support, performing commercial due diligence, developing value creation strategies, and preparing financing rounds. Sabine started her career with investor advice at a large international consulting firm in the DACH region & the Netherlands and spent the past years at a leading German healthcare consultancy. She completed her studies at LMU Munich, the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, and Simon Fraser University (Canada) and holds a PhD in economics from LMU Munich.

Andrea Allgäuer

Senior Manager

Dr. Andrea Allgäuer

Andrea is Senior Manager at ISP HEALTHCARE. She has more than 7 years management consultancy experience in the healthcare and life sciences sector with focus on value-creation advice. Prior to her successful consultancy career, she gained professional experience at a leading global pharmaceutical company and performed a PhD in immuno-oncology (University Hospital Erlangen and Toronto). Andrea studied molecular biotechnology (Technical University of Munich) and is certified as systemic business coach (Coaching Akademy Berlin).

Manager

Dr. Carina Gradl

Carina is Manager at ISP HEALTHCARE with several years of experience in the life sciences and healthcare industry, both on the management consultancy as well as the provider side. After working as a dentist for several years, Carina joined a leading German healthcare consultancy and also gained experience by working for one of the leading, PE-owned dental groups in Germany. She studied dentistry (University of Regensburg) and holds a Master of Health Business Administration (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg) as well as a PhD in Orthodontics (University of Regensburg).

Oliver Kaspi

Manager

Oliver Kaspi

Oliver is Manager at ISP HEALTHCARE with several years of experience in the life sciences and healthcare industry. Prior to joining ISP HEALTHCARE, he worked at a leading German healthcare consultancy, where he supported both global pharmaceutical companies as well as investors in the life sciences and healthcare sphere. Oliver holds a master’s degree in accounting & finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel and LUISS in Rome.

Manager

Robin Knöbl

Robin is Manager at ISP HEALTHCARE. He has several years of experience in managing M&A sell-side projects in the DACH region, specializing in company succession. In addition, Robin gained extensive experience at Europe’s largest independent corporate venture builder, by managing international innovation, ideation, and scale-up projects for multinational corporations. Academic achievements include a bachelor’s degree from the University of Life Sciences, Vienna, complemented by a master’s degree in executive management.

Consultant

Moritz Bensel

Moritz is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. He is a medical doctor and studied in Würzburg, Kiel and Munich. In Kiel he did scientific research in Neurology and is completing his doctoral thesis at LMU Munich on the topic of prostate cancer. He collected practical experience in Urology, Orthopedics and Traumatology.

Consultant

Jacob Jasper

Jacob is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. He has experience with investor advice and commercial due diligence in the life science and healthcare sector. Before joining ISP HEALTHCARE, he gained research experience in the fields of oncology, computational biology, and neurobiology at the Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Institute of Munich, and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He completed his studies in molecular & cellular biology as well as neurobiology at Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and University of Amsterdam.

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Vanessa Luzak

Vanessa is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. Prior to joining ISP HEALTHCARE, she has gained research experience in infectious diseases, oncology and neuroscience. She holds a master’s degree in Biochemistry (Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg), and has studied two semesters abroad in New York City (NYU) and Northern Finland (University of Oulu). Most recently, she has conducted her PhD studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, where she has combined molecular biology and informatics approaches to study pathogen immune evasion.

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Moritz Mehlmann

Moritz is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE and has investor advice and strategy consulting experience in the healthcare, medtech and life sciences sector. He holds a master’s degree in molecular biotechnology from the Technical University of Munich and performed R&D projects in immuno-oncology and virology at Helmholtz Institute of Munich. Prior to ISP HEALTHCARE, he worked as consultant for a leading management consulting firm in the healthcare industry.

René Menger

Consultant

René Menger

René is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. He holds an interdisciplinary master’s in management & technology from the Technical University of Munich. He gained professional experience in management consulting as well as transactions including venture capital and M&A. Most recently, René worked for a leading consulting firm in the healthcare industry. At ISP he focuses on strategy and investor advice of both proven and innovative healthcare business models.

Consultant

Thomas Seefeld

Thomas is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. Previously, he worked at two renowned mid-market private equity firms and gained experience in assessing investment opportunities in the pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare provider space. Thomas holds a master’s degree in finance from Esade Business School in Barcelona and a bachelor’s degree in international business administration.

Consultant

Konstantin Stölting

Konstantin is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. Prior to joining ISP HEALTHCARE, he worked at a private equity firm where he assessed potential targets and helped preparing transactions. During his studies, Konstantin already gained experience in M&A and private equity transactions. He completed his master’s degree in management with a specialization in Corporate Finance at ESSEC Business School in Paris and Singapore.

Consultant

Florian Timm

Florian is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE and has worked on a number of commercial due diligence & value creation projects for investors in the healthcare & life sciences sector. Florian holds a master’s degree in management from the Esade Business School in Barcelona and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel. During his studies, Florian gained experience in strategy consulting as well as private equity advisory with a focus on healthcare and life sciences.

Anna Yevtushenko

Consultant

Anna Yevtushenko

Anna is Consultant at ISP HEALTHCARE. She studied pharmaceutical sciences at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Parallel to her studies, she worked in various fields, gaining experience in academic and industrial pharmaceutical research, clinical research, and marketing. Additionally, Anna completed a six-month research internship in Paris and wrote her master’s thesis at a biopharmaceutical company in Planegg.

Analyst

Alen Taric

Alen is Analyst at ISP HEALTHCARE. Prior to joining ISP HEALTHCARE, Alen was part of the M&A team at a Big Four company, where he worked on sell- and buy-side transactions across a variety of different industries. He completed a bachelor’s degree in business administration at WU Vienna where he is currently finishing his master’s degree in finance and accounting. During his studies he gained first insights into the healthcare industry while working at a global pharmaceutical company.

 

Analyst

Lukas Wallner

Lukas is Analyst at ISP HEALTHCARE with a background in finance and corporate strategy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from WU Vienna and a master’s degree in finance from ESADE Business School in Barcelona, where he specialized in M&A and private equity. Before joining ISP HEALTHCARE, Lukas gained experience in corporate finance and sales at a major bank in Austria.

Partnership Associate

Chiara Dirkes

Chiara is Partnership Associate at ISP HEALTHCARE. She began her career in luxury hospitality with a global hotel chain, starting as a management assistant apprentice in Düsseldorf and later delivered high-level customer service in Vienna. With several years of experience in business development, consulting, and building expert networks, she now supports ISP HEALTHCARE’s customers to drive growth by building M&A-based partnerships.

Viktor Daiker

Accounting and Controlling

Viktor Daiker

Viktor is responsible for accounting and controlling at ISP Healthcare. He has more than 10 years of professional experience as an accountant/consolidator and controller in insourcing & optimization of accounting. As a certified fraud manager, he also has experience in leading internal audits. Before joining ISP Healthcare, he worked as an accounting department manager in a medium-sized engineering company. Viktor completed his business administration studies with focus on corporate taxation at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and is currently doing his master’s degree in corporate restructuring and insolvency law at the Trier University of Applied Sciences.

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