M&A Deal Summary

Questel Acquires NovumIP

On March 8, 2021, Questel acquired information technology company NovumIP from Paragon Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Questel’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Questel’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-03-08
Target NovumIP
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Questel
Sellers(s) Paragon Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

NovumIP

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Novum IP GmbH & Co. KG is a provider of legal and consulting, IP administration, and technology-led services. Novum IP is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 8 of 9
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 9
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-17 Brandstock Services AG

Munich, Germany

Formed in 1993, Brandstock Services AG is an intellectual property services provider with offices in Italy, US, France, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-25 Morningside Translations

New York, New York, United States

Morningside Translations offers outsourced language service with a focus on patent and IP translations. Morningside Translations was founded in 2000 and is based in New York City.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Paragon Partners

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Paragon Partners is an independent private equity group focused on investments within German speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The Firm does not have any sector preferences, generally targeting profitable companies (EBIT of €5 to €70 million) with attractive business models and 'outstanding' management. Paragon Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 25
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 13
Country (Netherlands) 2 of 2
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-11-26 7days

Lotte, Germany

7days is a supplier of modern and innovative workwear for medical professions. 7days designs, produces and distributes a wide range of high-quality workwear, from tunics to lab coats, for more than 300,000 customers in the healthcare sector in twelve countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. 7days has a vertically integrated business model with diversified supply chains and distributes its products through a fully integrated multi-channel distribution platform, including both catalog marketing and e-commerce channels. 7days was founded in 1999 and is based in Lotte, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-22 Sovendus

Karlsruhe, Germany

Sovendus is a developer of data-based marketing solutions for shopper activation. Sovendus use digital marketing and couponing to generate increased sales and new customers for partners. Sovendus was founded in 2008 and is based in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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