| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.08.2026 | Paragon becomes Babtec’s new growth partner | Munich/Wuppertal– August 17, 2026 – Munich-based investment firm Paragon Partners is investing in the continued growth of Babtec Informationssysteme GmbH. The corresponding agreement was signed on 8 August 2026. The two shareholders, Michae... |
| 30.07.2026 | Paragon sells cunova to the KME Group | Munich– July 10, 2026 – Paragon has sold its shares in cunova to the KME Group, creating a fully integrated provider of specialty copper solutions.
As the global market leader, cunova serves customers with highly engineered copper products ... |
| 03.02.2026 | Asic Group realigns shareholder structure and focuses on continuity and a long-term perspective | Burgdorf – January 30, 2026 – The Asic Group is realigning its shareholder structure, reflecting a continued commitment to local roots, long-term entrepreneurship and stability. Renaissance Investment Foundation has been a shareholder of th... |
| 22.01.2026 | Paragon Partners becomes new growth partner of BALDUR-Garten | Munich – January 22, 2026 – On January 20, 2026, Paragon Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Munich, together with a group of existing shareholders, Managing Director Bernd Koch and a Dutch family holding company, signed a purc... |
| 17.04.2025 | Paragon becomes new growth partner of Schell GmbH & Co. KG | Munich – April 17, 2025 – After 93 years of successful company history in family hands, siblings Andrea and Joachim Schell have signed an agreement to sell their company to the owner-managed, private Paragon Group to ensure the company’s su... |
| 03.02.2025 | Paragon Partners Acquires DYMATRIX from PIA | Munich – February 03, 2025 – Paragon Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Munich, has acquired DYMATRIX GmbH from Performance Interactive Alliance (PIA). DYMATRIX is a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions for data... |
| 17.12.2024 | Paragon sells UNICEPTA to Stagwell Inc. | MUNICH, COLOGNE and NEW YORK – December 17, 2024 – Paragon has entered into an agreement to sell UNICEPTA, the leading global media monitoring and analytics platform, to Stagwell Inc. (NASDAQ: STGW), a global marketing network combining tec... |
| 23.10.2024 | Paragon closes acquisition of TP Food Group from Xenon Private Equity | Paragon has acquired a majority stake in TP Food Group (“TPFG”), a provider of food processing equipment and production lines based in S. Giorgio di Bosco (Italy). TPFG’s product portfolio includes ovens, mixers, freezers, and spiral convey... |
| 08.08.2024 | Paragon sells Condecta to Swiss Life Asset Managers. | Munich (8 August 2024) – Condecta enters into a partnership with Swiss Life Asset Managers to further expand after the successful growth phase with Paragon Partners (“Paragon”).
Condecta, founded in 1959 and headquartered in Winterthur (www... |
| 08.12.2023 | Paragon and GIMV sell WEMAS to Japanese Sekisui Jushi Corp. | Munich (08 December 2023) – WEMAS partners with Sekisui Jushi Corporation (“SJC”) to pursue further expansion after successful growth journey alongside Paragon Partners (“Paragon”) and Gimv. |
| 07.11.2023 | Paragon and Primed become growth partners | Paragon invests in the Primed Group, a leading provider of medical consumables and sterilization services based in Halberstadt, Germany. As a developer, manufacturer, sterilization service provider and distributor, the Primed Group covers t... |
| 19.09.2023 | Paragon closes new € 1.2 billion fund | Paragon, a leading investment firm in German-speaking Europe, is pleased to announce the closing of its Paragon Fund IV (“P4”) with capital commitments of €1.2 billion.
P4 significantly exceeds its predecessor fund, which closed on €783 mil... |
| 30.01.2023 | WISAG Catering takes over chicco di caffè with 142 coffee bars | Frankfurt am Main, 30 January 2023 – WISAG Catering Holding GmbH & Co. KG has acquired the coffee bar brand chicco di caffè at the turn of the year. With 300 employees and 142 cafés in locations such as company headquarters, clinics and... |
| 26.10.2022 | inprotec AG partners with International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) for further growth | 26th of October 2022, Munich / Luxembourg: Paragon Partners (Paragon) and its minority co-shareholders sell 100% in inprotec AG to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG). The transaction is subject to customary antitrust clearance an... |
| 20.09.2022 | LIVE NATION GERMANY ACQUIRES GOODLIVE | BERLIN, (SEPTEMBER 20, 2022) – Live Nation GSA today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Goodlive GmbH, the festival, booking and services agency headquartered in Berlin. The acquisition was made from Paragon Partners and Goodl... |
| 19.05.2022 | UNICEPTA acquires Berlin-based AI startup Giance | UNICEPTA, the global innovation leader for media & marketing intelligence, is expanding its capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) to open up new business areas with corporate intelligence applications by acquiring th... |
| 21.12.2021 | KME SPECIAL enters new phase of growth with Paragon as majority shareholder | Paragon acquires a 55% stake in KME SPECIAL, the world leader in casting moulds and casting technologies for the global steel industry. The seller, KME SE, will retain a 45% stake in the newly formed joint venture and will continue to suppo... |
| 01.09.2021 | Paragon joins as new shareholder of Questel | Paragon invests in Questel alongside existing shareholders Eurazeo Capital, IK Investment Partners, RAISE Investissement and the management team. |
| 22.04.2021 | Paragon invests in the further growth of Sovendus | Paragon acquires a majority stake in Sovendus Group, Europe’s leading Shop Network. Bregal Unternehmerkapital realizes its investment – Sovendus founder Oliver Stoll as well as Michael Kofluk retain a significant stake in the company. |
| 08.03.2021 | Paragon sells NovumIP to Questel | Paragon has entered into a definitive agreement to sell NovumIP to Questel. The transaction is subject to approval by the German financial supervisory authority and customary antitrust clearance. |
| 15.01.2021 | UNICEPTA acquires social intelligence specialist Ubermetrics | UNICEPTA, the global innovation leader for Media & Data Intelligence expands its competencies in social media. In course of this technology acquisition, both companies will combine their AI-based technology platforms and expand their ab... |
| 26.11.2020 | Paragon invests in 7days Group | Paragon together with French co-investor Chequers Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in 7days Group, a leading supplier of medical workwear. The management team, led by CEO Ulrich Dölken, will significantly re-invest as part of ... |
| 27.08.2020 | NovumIP Group strengthens its position with patent and trademark renewals through acquisiton of IPRIS AG | NovumIP Group, which was formed through the combination of PAVIS and Novagraaf, has acquired all of the shares in IPRIS AG. NovumIP thereby further strengthens its global market leading position in IP support services, in particular in the ... |
| 01.07.2020 | Paragon becomes new shareholder of WEKA Group | Paragon acquires all shares of the WEKA Group, a leading provider of specialist information, software, advanced educational training & services for the Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. |
| 22.04.2020 | Castolin Eutectic strengthens its position for further growth with Paragon as new shareholder | Paragon, acquires all shares in Castolin Eutectic, the globally leading provider of wear protection and repair solutions for industrial equipment, from the Messer Group. |
| 02.09.2019 | Paragon sells dtms to net group | Paragon has sold its shares in dtms GmbH, the leading provider of customer intelligence-technology in the German-speaking region, to net group Beteiligungen. This creates the No. 2 in the market for value-added services in the contact-cente... |
| 25.07.2019 | Paragon closes new € 783 million fund | Paragon, a leading investment firm in German-speaking Europe, is pleased to announce the closing of its Paragon Fund III (“P3”) with capital commitments of € 783 million. Based on strong demand from investors, P3 significantly exceeded both... |
| 22.07.2019 | Paragon facilitates the succession of pro optik as new majority shareholder and provides capital for future growth | The founders of pro optik sell the majority of pro optik to the Munich based investor Paragon. |
| 05.07.2019 | DUO PLAST strengthens its position for further growth with new shareholder | The Munich-based investment company Paragon acquires a majority stake in DUO PLAST AG (www.duoplast.ag), the leading German manufacturer of high-performance stretch films. DUO PLAST films are used for load securing in the freight industry, ... |
| 18.12.2018 | Paragon sells KADI to Invision | Paragon has agreed to sell its shares in KADI AG to Invision, thereby securing KADI’s long-term, independent perspective as leading supplier of premium potato products in Switzerland. |
| 14.11.2018 | WEMAS Group continues to expand: The leading provider of active and passive road safety equipment acquires Landwehr Schilderfabrik | The Gütersloh based WEMAS Group has reached an agreement with the owner family of Landwehr GmbH Schilderfabrik to acquire all shares of the Gescher based company. The new subsidiary is the leading manufacturer of road signage in Germany. WE... |
| 30.07.2018 | Paragon signs definitive agreement to acquire the specialty pharma Business UCB Innere Medizin | In line with its strategic focus, UCB announced today that is has entered into a definitive agreement with Paragon for the sale of its subsidiary UCB Innere Medizin (Innere Medizin). |
| 27.07.2018 | Paragon portfolio company Condecta acquires Bono Platten | Condecta AG, a portfolio company of Paragon, has signed a purchase agreement for the assets of Bono Platten GmbH in Hemmental, Canton Schaffhausen in July 2018. Condecta thereby expands further into the event segment and brings in new compl... |
| 12.07.2018 | Paragon acquires shareholding in Asic Robotics | Paragon joins the group of shareholders of Asic Robotics AG (“Asic”), headquartered in Burgdorf, Switzerland. Paragon, together with the existing shareholders STS Management AG and Renaissance Anlagenstiftung, will support the future growth... |
| 14.06.2018 | Business area expansion: WEMAS Group acquires Gerding Verkehrstechnik | The Gütersloh based WEMAS Holding GmbH, one of the leading German suppliers of integrated, certified solutions for road safety technology, acquired Gerding GmbH Verkehrstechnik based in Senden. An agreement for the acquisition of all shares... |
| 17.05.2018 | Paragon becomes majority shareholder of inprotec AG to support future growth of the company | Paragon acquires a majority interest in inprotec AG from the two managing shareholders, Andreas Baranyai and Pierre Schwerdtfeger. The transaction is still subject to approval by the relevant authorities. The two managers will continue as s... |
| 05.03.2018 | UNICEPTA starts next growth phase with new majority shareholder Paragon | UNICEPTA enters the next phase of its growth with a new strong partner: Paragon, a Munich-based investment company, is the new majority shareholder in one of the world’s most innovative media intelligence companies. |
| 22.11.2017 | dtms sells its Austrian subsidiaries and mobile messaging business | dtms GmbH, a portfolio company of the investment firm Paragon, consistently pursues its strategic repositioning as well as the changes in its organizational set-up. As a consequence, dtms sold its subsidiary atms Group which includes the mo... |
| 14.11.2017 | Paragon and Gimv jointly acquire the majority in WEMAS, a leading German provider of passive mobile road safety equipment | Paragon and the Belgian investment company Gimv will jointly and as equal partners take control over German WEMAS from the current owner NORD Holding. Both Paragon and Gimv will hold approximately half of the shares, while the remainder wil... |
| 14.11.2017 | Paragon acquires industrial services division Condecta from Arbonia | Paragon, the Munich-based, independent private equity company has signed the purchase agreement to fully acquire Condecta AG yesterday. Condecta is the Swiss market leader for mobile infrastructure. |
| 03.11.2017 | Strategic Cooperation of Mitsui with leading European intellectual property group Novagraaf | In 2017, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) and European intellectual property (IP) group Novagraaf Group B.V. established a partnership to offer greater choice to Japanese customers. The agreement, which includes an investment by Mitsui in ... |
| 15.05.2017 | Paragon und Triton to sell EUROPART to Alpha Private Equity | Paragon Fund I and Triton Fund II (“Triton II”) signed an agreement to sell EUROPART Holding GmbH (“EUROPART”), a European market leader in spare commercial vehicle parts and other workshop equipment, to Alpha Private Equity Funds (“Alpha”)... |
| 06.04.2017 | Paragon sells Anti-Germ to Hypred | Paragon announced today, that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hypred, a portfolio company of Ardian, to sell Anti-Germ, located in Memmingen, Germany and the Ireland-based company Medentech. Hypred and Anti-Germ join forces ... |
| 06.02.2017 | Following successful transformation with Paragon, WLW initiates next growth phase with new investor | “Wer liefert was”, Europe’s leading B2B marketplace, gets a new investor – Swiss holding company Capvis – with a lot of experience and success in promoting the growth of leading medium-sized companies. |
| 03.02.2017 | Paragon invests in future growth of IP service provider Novagraaf | Novagraaf announced today its collaboration with Paragon, a Munich-based private equity company, that is investing into Novagraaf by taking a majority stake from current investor Gilde Buy-Out Partners. This investment represents a major en... |
| 27.01.2017 | chicco di caffè strengthens its position with capital and know-how | In-between two meetings an espresso or cappuccino from the barista around the corner is exactly the right thing. Even better, if the barista coffee bar is located directly on site. chicco di caffè makes this possible: as a leading supplier ... |
| 09.09.2016 | Paragon invests in PAVIS | Paragon acquires the operating business of PAVIS e.G., a leading global provider of value-add Intellectual Property (IP) Management services generating sales of more than € 120 million. Confidentiality has been stipulated with regard to the... |
| 05.08.2016 | WLW acquires Europages | Collaboration underscores the internationalization strategy of “Wer liefert was”. |
| 16.05.2016 | Paragon sells AWG to IDEX Corporation | Paragon announced today, that it has entered into a definitive agreement with LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH, a subsidiary of IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX), to sell AWG Fittings GmbH, located in Ballendorf, Germany. AWG is the leading European provider... |
| 01.02.2016 | EUROPART acquires LVD and Trailereffekter | EUROPART Holding GmbH and Axel Johnson International AB, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, have agreed that EUROPART acquires the commercial vehicle parts distributors LVD Lastvagnsdelar and Trailereffekter. The acquisition is subject to ... |
| 08.10.2015 | dtms acquires websms | dtms, the leading independent provider of value added telecommunication services in Germany and Austria, acquired via its Austrian subsidiary atms sms.at a provider of corporate mobile messaging with the brand websms. |
| 20.05.2015 | Anti-Germ acquires Esteer Pharma | Anti-Germ, the market leading specialist for hygiene and disinfection solutions for the food value chain, today announced that it acquired Esteer Pharma. |
| 18.03.2015 | Paragon acquires Anti-Germ and Medentech businesses from ICL | Paragon, the Munich-based private investment firm, today announced that it has acquired the Anti-Germ and Medentech businesses of Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL), a global specialty minerals manufacturer. Both units together generated approxima... |
| 03.02.2015 | Paragon sells POLO Motorrad | POLO Motorrad is a leading multi-channel retailer for motorcycle clothing, accessories and equipment in EuropeThe company was successfully reorganised and has returned to sustainable growth since its acquisition out of insolvency in April 2... |
| 30.07.2014 | Paragon closes Fund II at € 412 million | The fund will follow the successful strategy of its predecessor fund, focusing on privately-held Mittelstand companies and non-core subsidiaries of larger companies, in German-speaking Europe, in both “traditional” LBOs and “complex” buyout... |
| 16.08.2011 | AWG Fittings acquires Lancier Hydraulic | AWG Fittings announces the acquisition of Lancier Rescue Systems worldwide. Lancier manufactures a complete line of hydraulic rescue tools including: spreaders, cutters, rams, combi tools, hydraulic pumps, and associated support equipment. |
