Irvine-based Alphaeon Corp. is continuing to grow its healthcare technology presence.
The company said late last month that it’s buying San Francisco-based Eveo, a digital technology company, for an undisclosed price.
Alphaeon refers to itself as a “social commerce company.” It was founded in 2013, primarily as a way to deliver products and services not covered by health insurance and has also called itself a “lifestyle medicine” company.
Eveo is not a stranger to Alphaeon—it was involved with Alphaeon’s ShoutMD social networking and commerce offering. ShoutMD allows board-certified specialist doctors to share their insights, collaborate on new ideas, and buy products.
Alphaeon said in a statement that the deal will allow it to “[boost] its internal social commerce development and design capabilities and expertise.”
Eveo being a part of Alphaeon allows the company to “continue to gain deep expertise in both design and development of advanced social commerce platforms and information systems,” said Robert Grant, Alphaeon’s chief executive, in a news release.
Olivier Zitoun, Eveo’s chief executive, will retain the position and also will join Alphaeon’s executive team as chief technology officer.
Separately, Alphaeon appointed Clint Carnell as president of Europe, Middle East and Africa and David Barrios as vice president of Canada and Latin America.
Carnell was previously chief executive of Perseon Corp., a life sciences company that was based in Salt Lake City and is being acquired by Israeli and Arden Hills, Minn.-based Galil Medical.
Barrios was general manager of the Spain and Portugal region for Galderma SA, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based unit of Nestle SA, before joining Alphaeon.
Alphaeon is a subsidiary of Newport Beach-based private equity firm Strathspey Crown Holdings LLC.
New Campus Phase Starts
Irvine-based HCP Inc. and Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc. recently said they will start work on the second phase of their Cove at Oyster Point life science office campus in South San Francisco.
CBRE and HCP, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare, started work on the Cove at Oyster Point a year ago with a first phase of two buildings totaling up to 250,000 square feet. Work on that phase will be completed in the third quarter.
The second phase will be made up of an additional pair of buildings totaling up to 230,000 square feet, a four-story parking garage and 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. HCP and CBRE said they’re targeting 2017’s third quarter for occupancy.
HCP and CBRE noted that half of the Cove at Oyster Point’s first phase has already been leased.
“Given the positive market activity on the remaining 135,000 square feet of the first phase, we are continuing with the next logical step in the delivery of the cover,” said Scott Bohn, vice president of HCP Life Science Estates.
The Cove at Oyster Point will have 1 million square feet of space when fully complete.
Axis Research Opens Facility
Irvine-based Axis Research & Technologies opened a new facility at 16662 Hale Ave. near the Irvine Spectrum.
The 10,100-square-foot facility includes two private lab suites that simulate an operating room atmosphere, plus a 2,200-square-foot bio-skills laboratory that can accommodate up to 12 stations.
Other features include a 100-seat, stadium-style amphitheater, catering and concierge services, and a telecommunications network that’s compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act.
Axis said in a news release that its campus is designed to advance healthcare education through clinical training of doctors who work with medical device companies “to improve product performance and patient care.” The company said the facility has the capacity for doctors to conduct arthroscopic, endoscopic, anterior lumbar interbody fusion/direct lateral interbody fusion, neurovascular, orthopedic, spinal, thoracic, urology, laminectomy, and other medical and surgical procedures.
