KPL is a Denmark‑based private life science tools company headquartered in Copenhagen, founded by Tanveer Singh Batth, Cristina Hernandez Rollan, and Jesper Velgaard Olsen, developing and marketing recombinant, sequencing‑grade proteases for bottom‑up proteomics workflows — Lys‑C, Arg‑C Zero™, Trypsin RMS, and Trypsin/Lys‑C premium mix. The company’s products are used in mass spectrometry‑based protein analysis across biopharmaceutical research and development, quality control, and academic research. Following completion of the acquisition, KPL’s portfolio will be commercialized through Genovis’ global sales and distribution platform, broadening market reach while maintaining a dedicated focus on enzyme innovation. KPL was founded in 2024 as a spin-out from the laboratory of Prof. Jesper Velgaard Olsen, one of the foremost researchers in mass spectrometry-based proteomics, at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The acquisition encompasses not only KPL’s current commercial portfolio but also their proprietary enzyme engineering platform, several pipeline products under development, associated intellectual property, and the underlying recombinant manufacturing know‑how that provides a differentiated technological foundation for continued enzyme innovation within Genovis. This proprietary platform is a core element of the strategic rationale for the acquisition and is expected to generate additional product launches over the coming years.
Proteomics is the systematic analysis of proteins in biological systems. It is a fast-growing area of biopharmaceutical development, quality control, and research, where increasing automation and regulatory demands are raising the bar for enzyme performance and reproducibility. KPL's proprietary recombinant manufacturing process delivers a level of batch-to-batch consistency and cleavage specificity that conventional animal-derived alternatives cannot match. The addition of KPL's portfolio expands Genovis' addressable share of the LC‑MS‑based protein analysis market and strengthens its position as a provider of high-performance enzyme tools to customers across the life science industry.

The acquisition of KPL is expected to have a marginal impact on Genovis’ consolidated earnings and other financial effects for the financial year 2026.

The upfront payment amounted to MDKK 30.5, of which MDKK 11.1 was settled in cash at closing and MDKK 19.4 was settled through the issuance of 1,395,587 Consideration Shares. The Consideration Shares were issued at a subscription price of SEK 20.03 per share, corresponding to the 30-day volume‑weighted average price of Genovis shares as of 29 May 2026, and were issued pursuant to the authorisation granted by the Annual General Meeting on 18 May 2026. The issuance of the Consideration Shares entails a dilution of approximately 2 percent of the share capital and votes in Genovis. The founders have entered into customary lock‑up undertakings pursuant to which the Consideration Shares may not be disposed of prior to 2030, subject to limited customary exceptions.

In addition to the upfront payment, the founders will be entitled to a variable earn‑out linked to the future commercial performance of KPL’s products between 1 June 2026–31 March 2029 (the “Earn‑out Period”). The earn‑out is contingent on KPL products realising accumulated sales of MSEK 24.4 during the Earn-out Period and it is therefore not determinable at the time of completion but would be payable in the beginning of 2030.

Genovis CEO Fredrik Olsson commented:

“We are delighted to welcome the KPL team to Genovis. They have built an impressive company — with a growing customer base and a proprietary enzyme platform that is genuinely differentiated. We look forward to making KPL's unique portfolio available to significantly more researchers through our global commercial platform, and equally to the expertise and innovative capabilities they bring to Genovis as we continue to develop the next generation of enzyme tools.”

CEO and Co-founder of KPL, Tanveer Singh Batth (PhD), commented:
“My co‑founders and I are very pleased to become part of Genovis. Having worked with the Genovis team previously, we know firsthand that they share our commitment to developing high-quality enzyme tools for the research community. Our products have gained strong traction, and joining Genovis is the right step to support our continued development. We look forward to benefiting from Genovis’ commercial platform and industry reach, which will allow us to focus on further developing our protease portfolio and supporting customers more effectively.”

SEB Corporate Finance acted as exclusive financial advisor on the transaction.

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ABOUT KPL

KPL ApS is a Copenhagen-based biotechnology company spun out of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR) at the University of Copenhagen. The company leverages a proprietary enzyme engineering platform to develop and commercialize recombinant proteases purpose-built for mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Its growing product portfolio includes Lys-C, Arg-C Zero™, Trypsin RMS, and Trypsin/Lys-C Premium Mix, serving academic and industry researchers running bottom-up proteomics workflows around the world.