M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.60
Castle Biosciences acquires Cernostics for up to $30M upfront plus $50M earnout
CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC
- Up-front consideration $30M (cash or cash/stock mix); earnouts up to $50M based on 2022 commercial milestones.
- Cernostics 9M2021 revenue $469K, net loss $2.8M; 2020 revenue $141K, net loss $2.6M.
- Cernostics' TissueCypher Barrett's Esophagus Assay added to Castle's diagnostics portfolio.
- Transaction closed December 2021; amendment files required financial statements.