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Exclusive financial advisor to SafetyStratus Inc.

KPMG Corporate Finance LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to SafetyStratus Inc.

KPMG Corporate Finance LLC (“KPMG CF”) acted as the exclusive financial advisor to SafetyStratus, Inc. (“SafetyStratus” or the “Company”) on its acquisition by Ideagen Software, Inc. (“Ideagen”), a portfolio company of Hg Capital, LLP (“Hg Capital”). SafetyStratus is a leading provider of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management software, purpose-built for the unique needs of laboratories and R&D environments.

Why KPMG Corporate Finance

Drawing on deep experience in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software, KPMG CF strategically positioned SafetyStratus to highlight its scalable and highly configurable technology. This approach fueled a competitive process that not only maximized value for the client but also resulted in a partnership aligned with SafetyStratus’s long-term vision – accelerating its path toward market leadership. GRC software remains one of the KPMG Software team’s core focus areas, where our sector insights and transaction experience consistently deliver strong outcomes for clients.

About SafetyStratus

Headquartered in Plano, TX, SafetyStratus is a leading provider of EHS management software, purpose-built for the unique needs of laboratories and R&D environments. Lab and R&D facilities face unique safety challenges, and the industry urgently requires a specialized platform tailored to these environments. SafetyStratus delivers a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to manage inspections, incident reporting, chemical inventories, asset tracking, biosafety protocols, and regulatory compliance—all supported by real-time analytics and intuitive user interfaces. Its highly scalable and configurable technology architecture adapts to dynamic customer requirements.

Aditya Avadhanula, CEO and Co-Founder of SafetyStratus, said: "Joining Ideagen represents an incredible opportunity to amplify what we've built over the past 15 years. Our customers have always been at the heart of everything we do - from the university research labs conducting cutting-edge science to the manufacturing facilities managing complex chemical processes. Now we can serve them at an entirely new scale.”

About Ideagen

Headquartered in Nottinghamshire, U.K., Ideagen is an industry-leading GRC software company that provides compliance, health and safety, quality, and risk solutions to highly regulated industries. It serves over 250 global aviation organizations, nine of the top ten global aerospace and defense corporations, more than 900 hospitals and healthcare centers, 65% of the world’s leading food and beverage brands, and over 1,000 government organizations. Ideagen is backed by Hg Capital, a leading private equity firm focused on technology buyouts in the United States and Europe. The firm manages over $85 billion in assets and invests primarily in the software and services sectors.

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John Paul Ditty
Managing Director, KPMG Corporate Finance LLC
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John Paul Ditty

Managing Director, KPMG Corporate Finance LLC

JP is a Managing Director for KPMG CF LLC’s Technology Group, and is based in the Santa Clara office.

He has more than 20 years of experience serving clients in the Technology sector with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and private capital raises including divestitures, recapitalizations, and follow-on offerings.

JP received his MBA from the Columbia Business School and his JD from Santa Clara University.

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Grant Heffernan
Managing Director, KPMG Corporate Finance LLC

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The global Corporate Finance practice of KPMG International’s network of independent member firms was ranked #1 as the top M&A middle-market adviser globally by Refinitiv, based on number of completed transactions, for the past 20 years

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