Microsoft and Salesforce have invested in Informatica, which has been taken private by Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

US-based software provider Informatica has been acquired by investment firm Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for $5.3bn, securing funding from computing firm Microsoft and cloud computing company Salesforce.com in the process.

Salesforce invested through its corporate venturing unit Salesforce Ventures, while Permira and CPPIB conducted the acquisition through an unnamed company they jointly control.

Informatica’s shares have ceased trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange, with shareholders receiving $48.75 in cash per share. The company had begun trading…

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