Spice Route Legal advises ESCO Micro on their Series A fundraising of $200M

Esco Micro Pte. Ltd., manufacturer of some of the most innovative life science tools, has successfully raised a Series A investment of USD 200 million from a club of investors, including Vivo Capital, Novo Holdings, China Investment Corporation, K3 Ventures, and EDBI Singapore. This financing – the largest private fundraising round by an Asia-based life sciences tools company – will, amongst other things, enable Esco Micro to create an innovation hub focused on cell and gene therapy tools and technologies.

The Spice Route Legal team – led by- Mathew Chacko, acted as India counsel to the investee company. Davis Polk Waldwell acted as lead counsel to the investor.