M&A Deal Summary

WGSN Acquires IWSR

On June 5, 2025, WGSN acquired information services company IWSR from Bowmark Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WGSN’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is WGSN’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-06-05
Target IWSR
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) WGSN
Sellers(s) Bowmark Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

IWSR

London, United Kingdom
IWSR is a database service that covers the alcoholic drinks market. IWSR’s specialist analysts travel the world, visiting 120 markets annually, in order to meet over 1,600 local professionals and its data covers 157 markets in total. IWSR was founded in 1971 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WGSN

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

WGSN Ltd. is a provider of online subscription trend forecasting and related services to the fashion sector and design-led industries. WGSN was founded in 1998 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-22 Stylesight

New York, New York, United States

Stylesight, Inc. provides online subscription trend forecasting and related services to the fashion sector and design-led industries.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bowmark Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 2.0B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bowmark Capital is a private equity firm that targets investments in smaller, growth-oriented companies based in the UK. Bowmark considers investments across a range of industries with a strong interest in Business & Financial Services, Consumer & Leisure, Education & Training, Healthcare, Media, and Technology. Bowmark funds individual equity investments of up to £200 million and focuses on investing in UK companies which are valued between £25 million and £300 million. Bowmark was formed in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 33
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 30 of 31
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-01 Tax Systems

Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom

Tax Systems is a provider of corporate tax software and services in the UK and Ireland. Tax Systems solutions automate the end-to-end tax compliance process and are used by over 900 large corporations, as well as 23 of the top 25 UK accounting firms. Tax Systems was founded in 1991 and is based in Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-11-04 TotalMobile

Belfast, United Kingdom

TotalMobile is a provider of mobile working solutions to the government, private sector, and healthcare customers in the United States and Europe. From engineers, nurses, and social workers to surveyors, inspectors, and construction workers, and more organizations use its technology to keep their teams out of the office and in the field delivering outstanding service. TotalMobile was founded in 1985 and is based in Belfast, United Kingdom.

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