Imagoworks raises $15.6 mn in Series C funding

Imagoworks, South Korea's AI-based digital dental service startup, said on Tuesday it raised 23 billion won ($15.6 million) in Series C funding.Foun...

Osstem Implant to boost digital dentistry business

South Korea's Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, will enhance its software system of digital dentistry. ...

Osstem to buy Brazil’s No. 3 dental implant maker Implacil

South Korea’s Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, is slated to acquire Brazilian peer Implacil De Borto...

MBK-UCK consortium offers 2nd tender to delist Osstem Implant

The MBK Partners-Unison Capital Korea (UCK) consortium said on Wednesday it will conduct a second tender offer for shares in Osstem Implant Co., a f...

MBK signs $2 bn deal to acquire 3D dental scanner firm Medit

Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is acquiring Medit Corp., the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker, for 2.45 trillion w...

Orion to enter dental disease treatment sector

Orion Corp., the Korean company, best known for its signature product choco pie, is entering drug development. Instead of indirectly running a joint...

MBK to buy Medit at lower price than Carlyle-GS bid

MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, is set to buy Medit Corp. at a lower price than a bid from the US PE giant The Carlyle Group-led ...

Sale of Korean dental scanner maker Medit fails

The sale of South Korea's dental scanner manufacturer Medit will undergo a reset as the preferred bidder, a consortium led by GS Holdings and the US...

Carlyle, GS Group to buy Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giant The Carlyle Group and South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group will acquire Medit Corp., the world’s third-...

Carlyle, KKR again compete for Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are again competing to acquire the world’s third-larges...

US sanctions on Russia may hinder Korean Medit sale

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) may have to give up on their acquisition plans of Medit Corp....

SK Telecom joins race for Korean dental scanner maker

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has joined the race to acquire Medit Corp., the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner ...

Carlyle, GS team up to buy Korean dental scanner maker

The Carlyle Group, a US private equity giant, has joined hands with South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group to buy Medit Corp., the worl...

Unison Capital puts Korea dental scanner maker up for sale

Unison Capital Inc., a middle-market focused private equity firm, put the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker on the market. The dea...

Korean dental implant maker hit by $160 mn embezzlement

Trading in shares of South Korea's top dental implant manufacturer Osstem Implant Co. was suspended on the Kosdaq market on Monday, after the compan...

National health insurance to cover dental startup AIOBIO’s QLF device

AIOBIO’s dental diagnostic devices will be covered by South Korea’s national health insurance from June 1. AIOBIO is the country’s...