M&A advise: DMF Group advises a-tune software AG, Darmstadt, Germany, on its acquisition by Transnetyx Inc., Memphis, USA

DMF Group (www.dmfin.com) and its partner Corporate Finance Associates (www.cfaw.com) exclusively advised a-tune software AG, Darmstadt, Germany, on its acquisition by Transnetyx Inc., Memphis, USA, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, in the course of a structured global sales process.   

a-tune is a leading global provider of software for animal research facility management and research compliance. Since 1998, a-tune has been supporting facilities and companies worldwide in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and materials science industries to simplify their data management, streamline operations, and ensure compliance with rules and regulations. a-tune's customers comprise more than 140 research facilities, including 100 world-renowned universities and five of the world's seven largest pharmaceutical companies. 

Transnetyx is a service provider for genetic research. The company boasts technologies and processes to provide faster, easier, and more accurate results worldwide to biomedical researchers. For example, Transnetyx launched the world's first fully automated genotyping system. 

Together, a-tune and Transnetyx become the absolute global leader in research service provision, covering the entire research process from colony management and genotyping to monitoring compliance with the highest ethical and regulatory requirements.