Marlin Equity Partners / StarCompliance Acquire Ideagen's Pentana Compliance Division
October 14, 2021
Marlin Equity Partners has acquired Pentana Compliance (formerly Redland Solutions) from Ideagen and will integrate the business into its portfolio company StarCompliance. The acquisition adds SMCR and Training & Competency capabilities to StarCompliance's compliance platform, expanding its regulatory compliance product suite and making the new capabilities immediately available to customers.
- Buyers
- Marlin Equity Partners, StarCompliance
- Targets
- Pentana Compliance
- Sellers
- Ideagen
- Platforms
- StarCompliance
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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