GIC, Insight buy US software firm, Warburg Pincus exits
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Private has joined Insight Venture Partners in its $752 million purchase of iParadigms, a US maker of anti-plagiarism software, from Warburg Pincus.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal will generate a 6x money multiple for Warburg, which bought a controlling stake in the company in 2008. The transaction price is said to include debt. Based...
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