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Questel Acquires INTELLIXIR SAS

On September 29, 2015, Questel acquired information technology company INTELLIXIR SAS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Questel’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Questel’s 2nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-09-29
Target INTELLIXIR SAS
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Questel
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

INTELLIXIR SAS

Paris, France
INTELLIXIR SAS is a solution to analyse patent and scientific data for innovation and competitive intelligence. Intellixir software was created to enable information professionals, research analysts and competitive intelligence specialists to efficiently and effectively manage the ever increasing number of patents and scientific publications they faced. INTELLIXIR SAS was founded in 2002 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer

Questel

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,500
Revenue 19M EUR (2009)
DESCRIPTION

Questel is a developer of IT tools to help corporations manage their intellectual property issues. Covering patents, trademarks and industrial design. Questel products and services comprise databases, search and monitoring services. Questel was founded in 1978 and is based in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 9
Country (France) 2 of 3
Year (2015) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-22 GEM32 SAS

Bordeaux, France

GEM32 SAS is a provider of solution to manage a patent portfolio and forecast its costs. GEM32 SAS was founded in 2014 and is based in Bordeaux, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-07 Intellectual Property Research

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Intellectual Property Research, Inc. is a provider of novelty/prior art, infringement, right-touse/clearance, validity, collection and landscape searches for corporations and law firms around the world. Company is routinely called upon to conduct novelty, invalidity, state-of-the-art, collection, infringement and right-to-use searches in all mechanical, electrical and chemical art disciplines.

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