Vet Union

History

2023: Change of Ownership

Dmitry Kokin became the sole owner of Vet Union LLC (the operating company of the Vet Union veterinary clinic chain, which is part of Invitro). This was reported on August 10, 2023 by the Kommersant newspaper with reference to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. Kokin through LLC "Simpson" owns 51% in the company "A-Telematics," which develops and supplies equipment for Russian Railways, indicates the publication.

Dmitry Kokin also transferred 74.9% of Proactive Inform, which manages the Med2Med medical Internet channel and other Invitro media projects, and 76% to Raritas Tera, which is a technical legal entity of the holding. The remaining shares in these structures passed to partner Roman Mironchik.

Vet Union veterinary clinic network passed into the possession of Dmitry Kokin

After the founder of Invitro Alexander Ostrovsky left the business earlier in 2023, Mironchik became the main owner of the head structure of Invitro, which also develops the network of medical laboratories of the same name. In August 2023, it was founded by Roman Mironchik "Invitro Holding Company."

Managing Director of Peregrine Capital Dmitry Gabyshev suggests that Dmitry Kokin could partially finance the deal to buy the main business of Invitro and the loan issued by him was converted into a share in other structures of the holding. In his opinion, Roman Mironchik may not be the only ultimate beneficiary of Invitro by acquiring this asset as part of a consortium of investors. Gazprombank could also participate in financing the transaction.

By August 2023, Vet Union is combining three veterinary clinics and a laboratory complex for animals. DSM Group CEO Sergei Shulyak estimates the cost of the network at 200-250 million rubles. There are not so many high-quality veterinary clinics and they are of interest to investors, says Sergey Sereda, president of the Russian Association of Practicing Veterinarians and founder of the Center veterinary clinic.^[1]

2021: The launch of a network of veterinary clinics

At the end of November 2021, the Invitro group announced the launch of the Vet Union network of veterinary clinics. The first such institution with an area of ​ ​ 200 square meters earned in the business center "Vernadsky" in the south-west of Moscow. By the end of 2021, it is planned to launch another center, and in 2022 the network will continue to expand.

Invitro launched a network of veterinary clinics

According to the press service of Invitro, Vet Union clinics will offer the following services:

• all types of laboratory diagnostics that are carried out at the Vet Union's own veterinary laboratory complex. For the comfort of patients, taking tests at home will also be available - more than 500 types of tests;
• visual diagnostics (ultrasound, X-ray, ECHOCG) based on modern equipment;
• treatment room services: injections, infusions, hygienic manipulations;
• day hospital;
• vaccination;
• chipping;
• medical examination, preventive examinations;
• surgical interventions.

The Vet Union clinics will receive highly qualified doctors of the following profiles: therapist, dermatologist, surgeon, cardiologist, anesthesiologist, endocrinologist, neurologist, nephrologist, neonatologist-reproductologist. Vet Union also uses a patient navigation system to obtain narrowly targeted services: if necessary, specialists will send the patient to specialized hospitals, which have been proven partners of the company for many years. Vet Union clinics separate waiting areas for dogs and cats, stand soothing animal adapters.

The Vet Union division in the Invitro group has been developing since 2015. Before the opening of the veterinary clinic, it specialized in veterinary laboratory diagnostics services for pets, as well as for zoos, aquariums, equestrian centers, shelters, animal welfare funds, etc.^[2]

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