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3 November 2026

 

Direct Lending supports Paragon Partners with its acquisition of Babtec Informationssysteme GmbH

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Our role

Our European Direct Lending team is pleased to be providing senior debt facilities to support Paragon Partners’ acquisition of Babtec Informationssysteme GmbH (“Babtec”) – a leading provider of Quality Management System software in the DACH region.

This transaction marks our Direct Lending team’s first deal with Paragon Partners and provides a strong foundation for future collaboration. We look forward to supporting Paragon and Babtec’s management team as they execute on the company’s growth ambitions.

 

About Babtec Informationssysteme GmbH

Founded in 1994, Babtec has established itself as a leading integrated Quality Management System software in the DACH region. Its end-to-end platform combines product, process and organisation-wide quality management, covering workflows from quality planning and risk analysis in product development through inspection, complaint and audit management to supplier collaboration. By bringing quality-critical processes together on a single platform, Babtec enables organisations to standardise and digitalise quality management across the entire product lifecycle, improving transparency, traceability and collaboration across internal teams and external suppliers. This allows customers to strengthen quality control, streamline increasingly complex quality processes and maintain consistent standards across their operations and supply chains. 

About Paragon Partners

Founded in 2004, Paragon is an owner-managed private investment group focused on medium-sized companies across the German-speaking region. The firm works closely with its portfolio companies to support sustainable growth and operational development. Headquartered in Munich, Paragon currently manages more than €2.4 billion of equity capital across a diversified portfolio of 12 companies. Drawing on its extensive investment experience and hands-on value creation approach, Paragon is well positioned to support Babtec through its next stage of growth.

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