Nordic Capital completes acquisition of Anaqua

Boston / Munich — Nordic Capi­tal, a leading private equity inves­tor in tech­no­logy & payment systems, acqui­res Anaqua with the aim of driving the company’s further growth.

Anaqua, a leading provi­der of tech­no­logy solu­ti­ons and services for inno­va­tion and intellec­tual property (IP) manage­ment, today announ­ced that Nordic Capi­tal (https://www.nordiccapital.com/) , an expe­ri­en­ced private equity inves­tor in tech­no­logy & payment systems globally, has acqui­red a majo­rity stake in Anaqua from Astorg.

The acqui­si­tion is a key stra­te­gic invest­ment by Nordic Capi­tal. It aims to drive Anaqua’s contin­ued growth through the deve­lo­p­ment of incre­asingly inno­va­tive IP manage­ment solu­ti­ons. Nordic Capi­tal will support Anaqua’s global expan­sion and conti­nuous impro­ve­ments to its soft­ware and services to further streng­then the company’s market posi­tion. With its AQX® and PATTSY WAVE® plat­forms, Anaqua inte­gra­tes best-prac­­tice work­flows, data analy­tics, inter­na­tio­nal patent filings and payments for patent and trade­mark rene­wals into specia­li­zed soft­ware solu­ti­ons for IP profes­sio­nals. The plat­forms offer a unique end-to-end value propo­si­tion to opti­mize work­flows, deve­lop stra­te­gies and make decis­i­ons around clients’ valuable IP portfolios. 

Nordic Capi­tal has more than 20 years of expe­ri­ence in support­ing the growth of inno­va­tive tech­no­logy compa­nies and has made 33 tech­­no­­logy-based invest­ments in compa­nies — with a total value of around EUR 26 billion.

“Nordic Capi­tal will be a great part­ner — both for Anaqua and our custo­mers — as our shared vision for soft­­ware-enab­­led IP manage­ment plat­forms will enable us to drive indus­try trans­for­ma­tion,” commen­ted Bob Romeo, CEO of Anaqua. Justin Crotty, COO of Anaqua, added: “Nordic­Ca­pi­tal will be instru­men­tal in execu­ting Anaqua’s growth stra­tegy and provi­ding tech­­no­­logy-based solu­ti­ons for our clients and the IP market.”

Fred­rik Näslund, Part­ner and Head of Tech­no­logy & Payment Systems at Nordic Capi­tal Advi­sors, said: “We look forward to support­ing Anaqua in their next phase of growth and helping them to further expand their global presence and estab­lish the leading IP manage­ment plat­form for inno­­va­­tion-driven industries.”

About Anaqua

Anaqua, Inc. is a leading provi­der of inte­gra­ted tech­no­logy solu­ti­ons and services for intellec­tual property (IP) manage­ment. Anaqua’s IP manage­ment plat­forms, AQX® and PATTSY WAVE®, combine best-prac­­tice work­flows with big data analy­tics and tech­­no­­logy-enab­­led services to create an intel­li­gent envi­ron­ment that supports IP stra­te­gies, enables infor­med IP decis­i­ons and opti­mi­zes IP proces­ses. Today, nearly half of the top 100 US patent filers and global brands, as well as a growing number of law firms world­wide, use Anaqua’s solu­ti­ons. More than two million IP execu­ti­ves, attor­neys, para­le­gals, admi­nis­tra­tors and inno­va­tors use the plat­form for their IP manage­ment. The company is head­quar­te­red in Boston, with offices in the US, Europe, Asia and Austra­lia. Further infor­ma­tion https://www.anaqua.com/de/

About Nordic Capital

Nordic Capi­tal is a leading private equity inves­tor focu­sing on selec­ted sectors and crea­ting stron­ger, sustainable compa­nies through opera­tio­nal impro­ve­ments and trans­for­ma­tio­nal growth. Nordic Capi­tal focu­ses on speci­fic regi­ons and sectors in which the inves­tor has exten­sive and long-stan­­ding expe­ri­ence: Healthcare,Technology & Payment Systems, Finan­cial Services and Services &Industrial Tech­no­lo­gies. The core region is Europe, while Nordic Capi­tal is active world­wide in the health­care and tech­no­logy & payment systems sectors. 

Since its foun­da­tion in 1989, Nordic Capi­tal has inves­ted appro­xi­m­ately 26 billion euros in almost 150 invest­ments. The most recent funds are Nordic Capi­tal XI with EUR 9 billion in commit­ted capi­tal and Nordic Capi­tal Evolu­tion II with EUR 2 billion in commit­ted capi­tal, mainly from inter­na­tio­nal insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors such as pension funds. Nordic Capi­tal Advi­sors has offices in Sweden, the United King­dom, the United States, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway and South Korea. www.nordiccapital.com

“Nordic Capi­tal” refers to any or all of the enti­ties, invest­ment vehic­les, struc­tures and affi­lia­tes opera­ting under the Nordic Capi­tal brand, as the context requi­res. The gene­ral part­ners and/or dele­ga­ted port­fo­lio mana­gers of Nordic Capital’s enti­ties and invest­ment vehic­les are advi­sed by a number of non-discre­­tio­nary sub-advi­­sors refer­red to indi­vi­du­ally or coll­ec­tively as “Nordic Capi­tal Advisors”.