M&A Deal Summary

Main Capital Partners Acquires Paragin

On April 12, 2021, private equity firm Main Capital Partners acquired software company Paragin

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Main Capital Partners’ 25th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Main Capital Partners’ 31st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-04-12
Target Paragin
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Main Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Paragin

Nijkerk, Netherlands
Paragin is a provider of software aimed at competence, knowledge, and talent development for large and small organizations in education and business. Paragin offers smart products that each support a specific part of the user’s development process, ranging from software for testing and examination to an e-learning platform, certification, career development, and ePortfolios. Paragin offers solutions that are user-friendly, efficient, and attractively designed and can be used nationally and internationally. Paragin is based in Nijkerk, Netherlands.

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Buyer

Main Capital Partners

The Hague, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 6.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Main Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in and acquiring enterprise software companies in the Benelux, DACH, Nordics, and the US. Within software, the Firm looks for businesses with scalable business models, recurring revenues, and IP ownership. Main Capital will consider later stage growth capital financings, as well as small to medium-sized buyouts. The Firm's target revenue range is €3 to €100 million. Main Capital Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in The Hague, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 55
Sector (Software) 25 of 28
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 27 of 33
Country (Netherlands) 31 of 35
Year (2021) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-16 Foconis

Vilshofen on the Danube, Germany

Foconis is a provider of data quality, control, and compliance software for banks, designed to support financial institutions with internal reporting systems and to meet regulatory requirements. Foconis was founded in 2000 and is based in Vilshofen on the Danube, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-05 Sofon

Son, Netherlands

Sofon B.V. is a provider of Guided Selling and CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) software solutions for companies with complex and customized products in engineered-to-order industries. Sofon was founded in 1998 and is based in Son, Netherlands.

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