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Futurum Group has acquired Aptiviti, a enterprise software business in Texas, for $2. Futurum Group acquisitions target Aptiviti, the parent of Enterprise Technology Research (ETR), which provides predictive technology intelligence and forward-looking technology spending data for institutional investors. Based in Austin, ETR runs a Technology Spending Intentions Survey that captures enterprise technology leaders’ capital allocation signals, supporting vendor performance tracking and technology market trend analysis. The Aptiviti acquisition is an add on acquisition by a private equity buyer, intended to integrate ETR’s predictive quantitative indicators into the Futurum Intelligence Platform and expand real-time technology M&A and due diligence use cases. Financial terms were not disclosed beyond the stated amount, and the deal is announced with a definitive agreement signed.
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