Banco De Sangue

What Banco De Sangue does

Banco de Sangue is a Brazilian network of 12 blood bank locations operated under parent company Grupo GSH, providing whole blood collection, clinical screening, serological testing, and blood component separation across major metropolitan areas including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Salvador, Recife, Teresina, Ribeirão Preto, Santo André, Araçatuba, and Petrópolis. The company collects approximately 450 ml per whole blood donation and separates each unit into four usable components — platelets, red blood cells, plasma, and cryoprecipitate — after transmissible disease screening, with processed blood available for use within two days of donation. It also offers specialized apheresis platelet donation that targets platelets while returning other components to the donor. Operations are conducted under Brazilian regulatory frameworks Portaria 158 and Portaria nº5, and the network holds Qmentum 2024 healthcare quality certification.

The business serves a dual customer base. On the supply side, voluntary individual donors (direct-to-consumer) book appointments via an online scheduling system and access test results through an online portal approximately seven days post-donation. On the demand side, the network supplies processed blood components to partner hospitals and healthcare facilities, with several units physically annexed to partner hospitals such as Hospital Unimed (Araçatuba), Hospital São Rafael (Salvador), and Centro Clínico Hospital São Marcos (Teresina), creating embedded supply relationships. Revenue is generated through professional services for collection, processing, testing, and distribution, although specific pricing is not publicly disclosed.

The company maintains 55 employees across the network, distributed under a hub-and-spoke operating model that leverages Grupo GSH's approximately 45 years of operational history in Brazilian blood banking. Distribution is exclusively physical; there is no digital channel for blood component delivery. Donor acquisition is driven primarily by community engagement, social media presence, word-of-mouth referrals, and media relations rather than paid performance marketing.

Name

Banco De Sangue

Legal name

Banco de Sangue

Website

https://doesanguegsh.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Banco de Sangue operates a 12-location blood bank network across Brazil under Grupo GSH, collecting and processing whole blood and apheresis platelet donations for distribution to partner hospitals and healthcare facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blood Banking Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (Blood Bank) (HLAFAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Blood Bank, Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (HLAHAAAH), Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine LIS (HLACAMAE), Hematology & Coagulation Diagnostics (HLAHAAAB), Plasma Collection & Donor Services (Plasmapheresis Centers) (HLAIAHAH)

Keywords

• Blood donation services
• Platelet apheresis donation
• Blood component processing
• Clinical donor screening
• Blood bank operations

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo - Bela Vista

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Blood Component Processing Services: Revenue generated from collecting, processing, testing, and distributing blood components to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Services include whole blood collection, apheresis platelet donation, serological testing, and blood typing. Blood components are supplied to partner hospitals and medical facilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Banco De Sangue collects, screens, tests, and processes donated blood at 12 physical locations across Brazil under Grupo GSH. Approximately 450 ml of whole blood is collected per donation, then separated into four components (platelets, red blood cells, plasma, cryoprecipitate) and distributed to partner hospitals and healthcare facilities. The company also performs serological testing and blood typing, and offers specialized platelet donation by apheresis.

Product overview

Banco de Sangue is a network of 12 blood bank locations across Brazil operated by Grupo GSH, offering comprehensive blood donation services. The core product includes blood collection with approximately 450ml per donation, clinical screening, serological testing for transmissible diseases, and blood typing. Donated blood is separated into four components: platelets, red blood cells, plasma, and cryoprecipitate. Supporting services include an online results portal for accessing test results and donor cards, online appointment scheduling, and specialized platelet donation by apheresis. All locations operate under Brazilian health regulations including Portaria 158 and Portaria 5.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Whole Blood Donation Service Voluntary whole blood collection service for healthy eligible donors, including clinical screening, hematocrit testing, serological testing for transmissible diseases, blood typing, and separation into platelets, red blood cells, plasma, and cryoprecipitate. Available at 12 physical locations across Brazil.
• Platelet Donation by Apheresis Specialized platelet donation procedure using apheresis equipment to selectively collect platelets while returning other blood components to the donor. Includes pre-donation guidance and adverse effects monitoring.
• Blood Component Supply to Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities Distribution of processed blood components — platelets, red blood cells, plasma, and cryoprecipitate — to partner hospitals and healthcare facilities for transfusion to patients requiring care for accidents, surgeries, burns, and chronic conditions such as hemophilia, leukemia, and anemia.

Quantifiable outcome

• Blood component available for patient use within 2 days of donation
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hospital Unimed (Araçatuba)coreOthersHospital-based partnership where Banco de Sangue de Araçatuba operates as an annexed facility within Hospital Unimed premises, enabling direct supply of blood components to the hospital and seamless patient care coordination.
• Hospital São Rafael (Salvador)coreOthersBanco de Sangue de Salvador operates within Hospital São Rafael premises, providing integrated blood banking services to the hospital's patients and the broader community.
• Centro Clínico Hospital São Marcos (Teresina)coreOthersBanco de Sangue Teresina is located within the Centro Clínico Hospital São Marcos, enabling coordinated healthcare delivery and blood supply services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HEMORIO: Rio de Janeiro state blood center providing blood collection, processing, and distribution services to public and private hospitals. Directly comparable blood banking operator in the same country and overlapping metropolitan geography.
• Fundação Pró-Sangue: São Paulo state-affiliated blood bank operating multiple collection centers in the São Paulo metropolitan area. Directly comparable as a blood collection and component separation operator serving similar hospital customers in the same geography.
• Fundação Hemope: Pernambuco state blood center headquartered in Recife, offering blood collection, component separation, and distribution to hospitals. Comparable as a Brazilian regional blood bank operating in a geography where Banco De Sangue also has presence.
• Hemominas: Minas Gerais state blood center operating a regional network of blood collection and processing units. Comparable as a multi-location blood bank serving hospitals in Brazil with similar component separation and serology services.
• HEMOBA: Bahia state blood center offering whole blood and apheresis collection across multiple cities. Comparable as a Brazilian regional blood bank network with similar hospital-customer model and component-processing capabilities.

Emerging players

• CSL Plasma: Global plasma collection network operated by CSL Behring, focused on source plasma for fractionation. Partial overlap as a blood-component collection operator with apheresis capability, though primarily focused on plasma rather than full component separation.

Broad incumbents

• Octapharma: Global plasma-derived therapy company operating plasma donation centers worldwide. Comparable as a blood/plasma collection operator using apheresis, though focused upstream on plasma for fractionation rather than full blood component supply to hospitals.
• Vitalant: One of the largest nonprofit blood collection operators in the United States with a national network of donation centers. Comparable as a multi-site community blood banking operator, though operating in a different geography and at significantly larger scale.
• American Red Cross Blood Services: Largest single blood collection organization in the United States, operating hundreds of donation centers. Comparable in core blood banking services and donor-recruitment model, though at vastly larger scale and operating in a different regulatory regime.
• Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein Blood Bank: Brazilian private hospital system operating an in-house blood bank with collection, processing, and transfusion services. Comparable as a hospital-affiliated blood banking operation but within a broader integrated healthcare provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/banco-de-sangue

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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