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Founded in 2006 by Dr. Andreas and Kirsi Schuessler, Acandis is a leading neurovascular medical device platform. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and commercial operations in more than 60 countries, Acandis is fully vertically-integrated and rapidly growing. The company is headquartered in Pforzheim, Germany and employs more than 300 people.

Since its inception, under the leadership of its founders and management team, Acandis has demonstrated an aptitude for continuous innovation, establishing itself as a pioneer in the flow diverter, rescue stenting, mechanical thrombectomy and biologically-active device coating fields.

The company has launched 17 product families with an emphasis on improving patient outcomes and procedure ease. Because of Acandis product’s unique features and benefits, the company has achieved market leadership in multiple geographies. Excellence in stent design has enabled the company to produce an unprecedented range of device sizes, all seemingly tailor made to patient anatomy.

Company : Acandis

Investment type : Capital-investissement (Growth Buy-out)

Investment date : January 2025

Location : Pforzheim, Germany

Website : ACANDIS

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“What Kirsi and Andreas have accomplished at Acandis over the past 19 years is a remarkable medical device entrepreneurial success story. They have brought numerous classes of innovative medical devices to market both saving lives and delighting physician customers. Our goal is to help Kirsi and Andreas successfully lead the next chapter of the company’s extraordinary growth journey.”

Samuel Levy, Founding Partner at Lauxera