Acquisition of the AI imaging orchestration pioneer expands Sopris Capital's healthcare technology platform and reinforces its commitment to end-to-end, AI-enabled patient care

收购人工智能影像编排先驱企业，拓展索普里斯资本（Sopris Capital）的医疗技术平台，并强化其对端到端、人工智能赋能的患者护理的承诺

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/PRNewswire/ -- Sopris Capital, a multi-strategy investment firm with a deep and growing portfolio of healthcare technology companies, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Blackford Analysis from Bayer. Blackford is a pioneer in AI orchestration for medical imaging, with its platform deployed by leading original equipment manufacturers and hospitals across various world markets.

/美通社/ -- 索普里斯资本（Sopris Capital）是一家拥有深厚且不断增长的医疗科技公司投资组合的多策略投资公司，今日宣布已完成从拜耳公司收购黑福德分析（Blackford Analysis）。黑福德是医学影像人工智能编排领域的先驱，其平台已被全球多个市场的主要原始设备制造商和医院部署使用。

Sopris is in the process of combining Blackford under one of Sopris's top performing portfolio companies, Azra AI, and this next step is expected to be completed in the coming days/weeks. Blackford will continue to operate as a separate legal entity following the combination with operations in Scotland and the United States and will continue to serve its existing OEM partners and health system customers with no disruption to current deployments or operations.

索普里斯（Sopris）正将布莱克福德（Blackford）并入其旗下表现最优异的投资组合公司之一——Azra AI，预计这一后续步骤将在未来几天或几周内完成。合并后，布莱克福德将继续作为独立的法律实体运营，在苏格兰和美国开展业务，并继续为其现有的原始设备制造商（OEM）合作伙伴及医疗系统客户提供服务，当前的部署与运营不会受到任何影响。

Once this combination is completed, a further announcement will be made..

一旦该组合完成，将发布进一步公告。

Founded in 2010, Blackford launched the industry's first AI orchestration platform in 2016 and has since become a trusted infrastructure partner for radiology departments seeking to evaluate, deploy, and manage AI imaging applications at scale. The Blackford Platform has a portfolio of more than 130 AI applications from over 45 partner vendors, giving health systems a single, vendor-neutral way to bring best of breed AI into the imaging workflow without disrupting existing operations..

Blackford 成立于 2010 年，于 2016 年推出了业界首个 AI 编排平台，此后已成为放射科信赖的基础设施合作伙伴，帮助其在大规模评估、部署和管理 AI 影像应用。Blackford 平台拥有来自 45 多家合作供应商的 130 多款 AI 应用组合，为医疗系统提供了一种单一且厂商中立的途径，将顶尖的 AI 技术融入影像工作流程，同时不影响现有运营。

Azra AI, is a leading healthcare AI platform built to identify, connect, and manage patients with cancer and other complex illnesses across the care journey, and ensures they stay on the right path from suspicion through survivorship — Blackford's capabilities allow Azra AI to go even further upstream with their customers with any AI imaging algorithm.

Azra AI 是一个领先的医疗人工智能平台，旨在识别、连接和管理癌症及其他复杂疾病患者在整個诊疗过程中的需求，确保他们从疑似阶段到康复期都能保持在正确的诊疗路径上。借助 Blackford 的能力，Azra AI 能够为其客户提供更上游的服务，支持任何医学影像人工智能算法。

The addition of Blackford reflects Sopris Capital's continued investment in AI-enabled healthcare technology and its broader thesis around supporting more connected, longitudinal patient care..

收购 Blackford 体现了 Sopris Capital 对人工智能赋能的医疗技术领域的持续投资，以及其支持更加互联、全周期患者护理的更广泛投资理念。

'Blackford has spent over a decade building the infrastructure that healthcare AI depends on, and this acquisition reflects our conviction in that vision,' said Abinav Sankar, Managing Partner at Sopris Capital. 'As we continue to build out a healthcare technology portfolio focused on connected, longitudinal patient care, Blackford gives us a critical foothold at the very beginning of that journey, the moment an image is captured and analyzed.

“布莱克福德花了十多年的时间构建医疗人工智能所依赖的基础设施，此次收购反映了我们对该愿景的坚定信念，”索普里斯资本的管理合伙人阿比纳夫·桑卡尔表示。“随着我们继续打造一个专注于互联、纵向患者护理的医疗技术产品组合，布莱克福德为我们在这段旅程的起点——即图像捕获和分析的那一刻——提供了关键的立足点。”

Combining with Azra AI, we are positioning our portfolio to support patients from first scan through survivorship.'.

通过与 Azra AI 合作，我们正在优化产品组合，以支持患者从首次扫描到康复 survivorship 的全程需求。

'Joining Sopris Capital creates an exciting opportunity to accelerate Blackford's growth and extend the reach of our platform,' said James Holroyd, Blackford Managing Director. 'With Sopris's support and complementary healthcare technology portfolio, we can both broaden and deepen our work with customers, channel partners and AI vendors while continuing to make the adoption of medical imaging AI simpler, scalable and more effective.'.

Blackford 董事总经理 James Holroyd 表示：“加入 Sopris Capital 为加速 Blackford 的增长并拓展我们平台的影响力带来了令人振奋的机遇。凭借 Sopris 的支持及其互补的医疗技术产品组合，我们能够拓宽并深化与客户、渠道合作伙伴及人工智能供应商的合作，同时继续让医学影像人工智能的采用更加简便、可扩展且高效。”

The acquisition marks Sopris Capital's latest step in building a healthcare technology portfolio focused on the future of AI-enabled patient care.

此次收购标志着索普里斯资本在构建专注于人工智能赋能患者护理未来的医疗技术产品组合方面迈出的最新一步。

About Sopris Capital

关于索普里斯资本

Sopris Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm with long-term strategic capital, giving it the flexibility and agility to act quickly and deploy its knowledge, networks, and expertise in support of its portfolio companies. Sopris Capital partners closely with management teams to accelerate growth and create long-term value.

索普里斯资本（Sopris Capital）是一家拥有长期战略资本的多策略投资公司，这使其具备灵活性和敏捷性，能够迅速行动，并运用其知识、网络和专业专长来支持其投资组合公司。索普里斯资本与管理团队紧密合作，以加速增长并创造长期价值。

With more than two decades of experience, Sopris Capital invests across venture capital, private equity, and real estate, with a concentrated focus on healthcare services, healthcare technology, and technology-enabled B2B businesses. The firm maintains a deep portfolio of healthcare technology companies, including Azra AI.

凭借二十余年的经验，Sopris Capital 在风险投资、私募股权和房地产领域进行投资，重点聚焦于医疗服务、医疗科技以及技术赋能的 B2B 企业。该公司拥有深厚的医疗科技公司投资组合，其中包括 Azra AI。

Sopris Capital has offices in Colorado and Florida. For more information, visit sopriscapital.com..

索普里斯资本在科罗拉多州和佛罗里达州设有办公室。欲了解更多信息，请访问 sopriscapital.com。

About Blackford Analysis

关于 Blackford Analysis

Founded in 2010, Blackford Analysis is a pioneer in AI orchestration for medical imaging. The Blackford Platform enables healthcare organizations to evaluate, deploy, manage, and support AI imaging applications at enterprise scale. Blackford's technology is deployed by leading original equipment manufacturers and hospitals across various world markets, helping radiology departments improve diagnostic confidence, streamline workflows, and expand access to AI without disrupting existing clinical operations.

Blackford Analysis 成立于2010年，是医学影像人工智能编排领域的先驱。Blackford 平台使医疗保健组织能够在企业级规模上评估、部署、管理和支持人工智能影像应用。Blackford 的技术已被全球多个市场的领先原始设备制造商和医院广泛采用，帮助放射科部门提升诊断信心、优化工作流程，并在不影响现有临床运营的情况下扩大人工智能的应用范围。

For more information, visit blackfordanalysis.com..

如需更多信息，请访问 blackfordanalysis.com。

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