Main Capital Partners (Main) has acquired a majority stake in IG Messenger (IQM), a provider of a vendor-neutral critical communication platform for healthcare institutions. Main says it will help IQM drive innovation to create customer value, and accelerate expansion through both organic growth and a targeted buy-and-build approach.
IQM, headquartered in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, is a vendor in secure clinical messaging in the Benelux region. With a team of circa 50 professionals, IQM serves approximately 230 healthcare organisations. Its customer base consists primarily of healthcare institutions, including both hospitals and out-of-hospital care organisations such as home & elderly care, disabled care, and youth care providers.
IQM’s platform integrates more than 160 systems and devices, ranging from medical equipment and nurse call systems to mobile devices, enabling healthcare institutions to centralise alarm management and clinical communication. The platform aims to consolidate alarm and communication workflows across multiple vendors, with the goal of reducing alarm fatigue, improve operational efficiency, and eliminate dependence on single-vendor solutions.
IQM has a partner ecosystem across Northwestern Europe, to support growth in key regions including the DACH-region, the Nordics, France, and the United Kingdom.
The healthcare software market is one of Main’s core product markets. IQM is looking to capitalise on key market trends such as the growing need for more sophisticated out-of-hospital care, the demand for integrated and interoperable platforms, and the increasing importance of secure communication in healthcare.
