HELIOS GLOBAL GROUP acquired by TELEMOS CAPITAL
Context
Telemos Capital has finalized a new investment partnership with Helios Global Group, marking the exit of the previous financial sponsor, NorthEdge. The strategic rationale for this transaction centers on a "global-platform" play, merging the target's technical operational depth in medical communications with the new sponsor's flexible capital and international expansion expertise. This transition effectively prepares the organization for its next stage of evolution, moving beyond its regional success to become a dominant global provider of integrated biopharma services. This operation allows the management team to execute a definitive structural expansion into new service lines and geographic territories, particularly in the North American market. By incorporating the group into a family-backed investment framework, the organization gains the stability required to harness innovative technologies and scale its internal infrastructure in alignment with its expanding client base. The maneuver optimizes the group's financial profile, facilitating further strategic add-on acquisitions following the successful integration of previous market access specialists. Ultimately, the partnership solidifies the group’s standing as a primary enabler of scientific narrative and health economic innovation, bridging the gap between clinical research and global market commercialization.
HELIOS GLOBAL GROUP, which reported an EBITDA margin of [members only] in 2023, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of 10x–18x, representing a premium to the average currently observed in the Business Services sector (11.4x).
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Target
Helios Global Group operates as a premier technology-enabled organization dedicated to providing full-service healthcare communications and strategic consultancy to the global pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. The entity’s business model is centered on a proprietary framework of scientific engagement, medical education, and strategic market access solutions. Its value proposition is anchored in technical operational depth, translating complex clinical data into impactful narratives that facilitate stakeholder engagement and patient access. Strategically, the firm focuses on the entire lifecycle of therapeutic development, providing evidence-led health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) to support pharmaceutical value demonstration. By maintaining a specialized focus on high-science medical communications, the organization ensures a mission-critical role in the structural efficiency of global drug launches. The entity prioritizes technical innovation and industrialized quality standards to facilitate the structural advancement of healthcare outcomes.
Ent. Value
$100–350M
Equity Value
[members only]
Multiples
EV / Revenue
[members only]
EV / EBITDA
10x–18x
EV / EBIT
[members only]
Historical Financials (USD)
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REFERENCES
Valuation range: EV $100–350M
EBITDA range: $5–25M
EV/EBITDA range: 10x - 18x
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