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BC Partners-backed Springer Nature reveals plans for €1.2bn IPO

The German publishing house, known for the science journal Nature among others, has announced that it is gearing up to debut on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. BC Partners first invested in the company in 2013, acquiring it from EQT Partners.

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