- Half a dozen marquee PE firms have grabbed small but intentional stakes in a pharma unicorn
- La Renon went from being a drug marketeer to a manufacturer and API maker, driving up its valuation 15X in 10 years
- It’s secret sauce—it makes what big pharma companies don’t find substantial enough
- On top of it, its share of exports has jumped from around 4% to 45% of its revenue, a phenomenon investors are willing to pay a valuation premium on
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La Renon is a private-equity darling, there’s no two ways about it.
Over the last 10 years, half a dozen PE firms have put their chips on this private chronic-therapy pharma company, which, contrary to the French origin its name suggests, is based in Ahmedabad.
Peak XV in 2015, A91 Partners in 2021, Chryscapital in 2024. Its list of investors is long and storied. And come 2025, there’s been a blitzkrieg of investments from Avendus in February, and Creador, Whiteoak, and Siguler Guff in November, all with minority stakes in this 18-year-old company.
The result? In the 18 months to November 2025, La Renon’s valuation has nearly doubled to around
Broaden the time frame, and you’ll see the company has leapfrogged its way up the list of top 50 pharma companies (by domestic sales revenue) by 27 spots in four years, all while maintaining a 25% growth rate.
Such jumps are hardly routine in Indian pharma—accustomed as it is to growing at a rate of
La Renon’s strategy is much more aggressive. All because the company has succeeded in carving out a very specific niche for itself: specialised chronic care.
Take its quintessential nephrology drug Renolog, used to manage chronic kidney disease. Essentially, it slows down the progression of kidney failure and delays the need for dialysis. The company commanded a
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