Main Capital Partners invests in IQ Messenger

The private equity investor Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in IQ Messenger (IQM). The aim of the partnership is to accelerate the international growth of the provider of critical communication solutions for the healthcare sector. The transaction represents an important milestone in IQM's corporate development and is intended to drive both product innovation and international expansion.

Main intends to support IQM in particular through organic growth and a targeted buy-and-build approach. The focus will continue to be on high customer satisfaction and the further development of the platform.

Leading provider of clinical messaging in the Benelux region

IQ Messenger, based in Dordrecht (Netherlands), is one of the leading providers of secure clinical messaging and alerting solutions in the Benelux region. The company employs around 50 people and serves around 230 healthcare organizations.

Its customer base includes both hospitals and non-clinical facilities, including providers of home care, elderly care, care for the disabled and youth welfare. IQM thus addresses a broad spectrum of medical and nursing care structures.

Manufacturer-neutral platform for critical communication

The IQM platform integrates more than 160 systems and devices, including medical devices, nurse call systems and mobile devices. The aim is to bundle alarm management and internal hospital communication centrally and control them across systems.

By consolidating different alarm and communication streams, the solution helps to reduce alarm fatigue among medical staff, make processes more efficient and avoid dependence on individual providers. IQM is thus positioning itself as a vendor-neutral platform provider in an increasingly fragmented market.

International expansion

Together, Main and IQM are pursuing the ambition of building a leading international platform for alerting and critical communication technology in the healthcare sector. The scalable platform and the growing partner ecosystem in Northwest Europe form the basis for expansion into other core markets, including the DACH region, the Nordic countries, France and the UK.

The healthcare software market is one of Main Capital Partners' strategic focus segments. Key drivers include the growing need for out-of-hospital care, the demand for interoperable IT platforms and the increasing importance of secure communication in the healthcare sector.

Closing subject to reservation

The closing of the transaction is still subject to the usual regulatory approvals and the completion of the consultation process with the works council of the previous shareholder Anywhere365 Group B.V. (AnywhereNow).