Tracked deals
5
5 tracked deals across 2019-2021.
Operating Company
Business Services
Questel
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Questel is a true end-to-end intellectual property solutions provider serving 20,000 organizations in more than 30 countries. It provides software, tech-enabled services, and consulting for IP asset portfolio management across patents, trademarks, domain names, and designs, leveraging AI, big data, and an international expert network to streamline internal processes and optimize IP maintenance.
- Focus Areas
- Intellectual Property Solutions, IP software / platforms, IP search and analysis
- Website
- questel.com
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
5 buyout
Questel Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 2 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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March 24, 2021
- Buyer
- Questel
- Target
- Morningside
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Questel has acquired Morningside, a New York–headquartered provider of patent translation, foreign filing, and IP language services. The deal expands Questel’s end-to-end IP offering and strengthens its position in patent translation and global law-firm and corporate client coverage.
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March 8, 2021
- Buyer
- Questel, Eurazeo Capital, IK Investment Partners, RAISE Investissement, Paragon Fund III
- Target
- NovumIP
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- Netherlands
- Type
- Buyout
Questel has signed an agreement to acquire NovumIP, the group formed by European IP services leaders Novagraaf and PAVIS, to expand its IP management and renewals capabilities. The deal is being financed by investors including Eurazeo Capital, IK Investment Partners and RAISE Investissement, with Paragon Fund III (an affiliate of NovumIP’s majority shareholder) participating as a financial investor in Questel.
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July 16, 2019
- Buyer
- Questel
- Target
- Direct Validation
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Location
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Type
- Buyout
Questel has signed an agreement to acquire Direct Validation, a Stockholm-based specialist in European patent (EP) validation services founded in 1988. The acquisition adds in-house EP validation and filing capabilities to Questel’s IP software and service offering, strengthening its end-to-end intellectual property services for law firms and corporate IP departments.
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June 20, 2019
- Buyer
- Questel
- Target
- Yoomap
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Type
- Buyout
Questel has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Yoomap, a Paris-based provider of open-innovation software. The deal expands Questel's intellectual property suite by integrating Yoomap's corporate/startup relationship and innovation management platform with Questel's IP search, analytics and services.
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February 4, 2019
- Buyer
- Questel
- Target
- Concur IP
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Location
- India
- Type
- Buyout
Questel has made a majority investment in Concur IP, an India- and U.S.-based intellectual property services firm known for patent drafting and standard-essential patent (SEP) expertise. The acquisition expands Questel’s end-to-end IP services offering by adding patent drafting, international filing and SEP/licensing capabilities while Concur IP’s co-CEOs Nitin Agrawal and Sachin Sinha will continue to lead the business.
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