Tracked deals
38
38 tracked deals across 2018-2026.
Data & Analytics Buyers & Acquisitions in Illinois
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
30 strategic · 24 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2021
11 tracked deals announced in 2021.
Buyer Snapshot
Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mountain Capital | 2 | Growth-oriented private investment firm that invests acro... | PE |
| AHEAD | 1 | Provider of enterprise cloud solutions (cloud infrastruct... | Strategic |
| Accenture plc | 1 | Global professional services company providing consulting... | Strategic |
| Alkeon Capital | 1 | Investment firm participating in AlphaSense’s $650m fundi... | Mixed |
| AlphaSense | 1 | Provides AI-driven market intelligence and enterprise sea... | Strategic |
| Alphabet's CapitalG | 1 | Existing Alphabet-affiliated investor in AlphaSense parti... | Mixed |
| Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) | 1 | Global membership association for middle-market dealmaker... | Strategic |
| BDT & MSD Partners | 1 | Investor that co-led AlphaSense’s $650m funding round sup... | PE |
| Bain Capital | 1 | Global alternative investment firm focused on private equ... | PE |
| Blackstone Strategic Partners | 1 | Secondary and continuation investment arm within Blacksto... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in Data & Analytics in Illinois by Year
Last 9 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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February 5, 2026
- Buyer
- Morningstar, Inc.
- Target
- Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)
- Seller
- University of Chicago
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Morningstar completed its previously announced $365 million acquisition of the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) from the University of Chicago. The deal brings CRSP Market Indexes (benchmarks for over $3 trillion in U.S. equities) and CRSP Research Data Products into the Morningstar Indexes business, with the CRSP indexes rebranded under the Morningstar name.
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May 16, 2025
- Buyer
- The Hackett Group, Inc.
- Target
- Spend Matters
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has completed its acquisition of Spend Matters, a procurement and supply chain market intelligence firm. The deal brings Spend Matters’ platforms (including TechMatch and SolutionMap) and research capabilities into The Hackett Group’s advisory practice to deepen procurement and supply chain technology expertise and expand market intelligence offerings.
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May 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Inveniam Capital Partners
- Target
- Tractiv
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Inveniam Capital Partners has acquired Chicago-based Tractiv, a secure data sharing and immutable-ledger technology provider led by Drew Orsinger. The acquisition will integrate Tractiv’s secure file delivery and ledger-based access controls into Inveniam’s data operations platform to strengthen data provenance, regulatory readiness, and AI-ready infrastructure across finance, media, and other enterprise verticals.
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- Buyer
- Lovelytics
- Target
- Nousot
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Lovelytics and Nousot have merged, with the unified firm operating under the Lovelytics name to create a 500-person Databricks-focused consulting firm. The combined company expands Lovelytics' Databricks capabilities, proprietary IP and scale to better support large enterprises on complex data and AI initiatives.
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March 27, 2025
- Buyer
- Kardigan
- Target
- Prolaio
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Kardigan has acquired Prolaio, a Chicago-based clinical intelligence company, to integrate Prolaio's cardiovascular data, FDA-cleared monitoring software, and analytics into Kardigan's cardiac R&D platform. The acquisition gives Kardigan access to a large curated CV dataset and analytics capabilities intended to accelerate and optimize its cardiovascular drug development programs.
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September 27, 2024
- Buyer
- Xceedance
- Target
- Millennium Information Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Xceedance has acquired Millennium Information Services, a leading U.S. property inspection and data analytics provider, adding nearly 200 team members and a nationwide contractor network of more than 1,300 inspectors. The deal strengthens Xceedance's underwriting support and analytics capabilities—accelerating its expansion in personal lines and enabling broader inspection- and data-driven services for carriers and MGAs via Millennium's MAPS platform.
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September 13, 2024
- Buyer
- New Mountain Capital, Endicott Capital
- Target
- Datassential
- Seller
- Spectrum Equity
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Datassential, a leading food and beverage intelligence platform, received a growth investment from New Mountain Capital alongside Endicott Capital to accelerate product innovation, strengthen technology capabilities, and pursue strategic growth. The transaction involves existing investor Spectrum Equity (mentioned in adviser disclosures) and will support Datassential’s expansion of its AI-powered data and analytics offerings for the food & beverage sector.
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July 8, 2024
- Buyer
- AlphaSense, Viking Global Investors, BDT & MSD Partners, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Blue Owl Capital, Alkeon Capital, Alphabet's CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
- Target
- Tegus
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
AlphaSense, a market intelligence and AI search platform, has closed its $930 million acquisition of Tegus, an end-to-end research platform providing expert research, private company content, financial data, and workflow tools. The deal also included AlphaSense’s concurrent $650 million funding round, valued at a $4 billion post-transaction valuation.
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- Buyer
- OneSix
- Target
- Strong Analytics
- Seller
- Advantage Solutions Inc.
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Chicago-based OneSix has acquired Strong Analytics, a machine learning and AI consultancy previously owned by Advantage Solutions Inc., combining teams to offer end-to-end data and AI solutions for enterprise clients. The deal expands OneSix's ML/Gen AI capabilities and Snowflake-focused services; Dave Kilimnik will serve as acting CEO while Strong Analytics leaders Brock Ferguson and Jacob Zweig join the combined company.
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April 25, 2024
- Buyer
- Blackstone Strategic Partners, HarbourVest Partners, Vestar Capital Partners (continuation vehicle sponsor)
- Target
- Circana
- Seller
- Vestar Capital Partners (stake sponsor / monetization), Existing Circana investors (unnamed, offered liquidity)
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Vestar Capital Partners closed a $1.2 billion single-asset continuation vehicle to provide liquidity and committed capital for its stake in Circana. Blackstone Strategic Partners and HarbourVest Partners acted as lead investors in the vehicle, which is intended to offer existing investors optional liquidity while supporting Circana's organic and inorganic growth initiatives.
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April 4, 2024
- Buyer
- NV5 Global, Inc.
- Target
- GIS Solutions, Inc.
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
NV5 Global, Inc. (NV5) has agreed to acquire GIS Solutions, Inc., a Springfield, Illinois–based provider of enterprise GIS application development, cloud database design, data science, and project management services for state departments of transportation and utilities. The deal, paid with a combination of cash and stock, is expected to be immediately accretive to NV5 and expands NV5’s geospatial and cloud-managed data capabilities.
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September 6, 2023
- Buyer
- Investor Group Services
- Target
- Healthy Insights
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Boston-based consulting firm Investor Group Services (IGS) has acquired Chicago-based Healthy Insights, a strategic growth advisor with a proprietary data and analytics platform. The acquisition expands IGS’s data analytics and machine-learning capabilities to better serve private equity clients and portfolio companies.
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- Buyer
- Superstep Capital
- Target
- One Six Solutions
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Superstep Capital, a private equity firm, announced a strategic growth investment in One Six Solutions to accelerate the Chicago-based data and cloud transformation firm's next stage of growth. The capital will support One Six's continued hiring of data engineers, analysts, and developers and help scale its cloud, data, and application modernization capabilities.
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- Buyer
- Renovus Capital Partners
- Target
- Premier International Enterprises, LLC
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Renovus Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Premier International Enterprises, LLC, a Chicago-based technology consulting firm specializing in data migration and data governance. Renovus will support Premier’s product development, scale delivery capabilities, and pursue strategic add-on acquisitions to expand the company’s services and market reach.
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August 26, 2022
- Buyer
- Summit Park, Stellus Capital Management, LLC
- Target
- Curion Holdings, LLC
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Summit Park has completed a majority recapitalization of Curion Holdings, LLC, a Chicago-based provider of product testing and consumer quantitative and qualitative insights. Stellus Capital Management provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment to support the transaction; Summit Park said it will partner with Curion's management to expand the platform and grow the company's data-driven insights capabilities.
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July 19, 2022
- Buyer
- Trinity Life Sciences
- Target
- D Cube Analytics
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Trinity Life Sciences has acquired Illinois-headquartered D Cube Analytics to expand its data science, AI/ML and digital transformation capabilities for life sciences commercialization. The deal brings D Cube's suite of analytics platforms and more than 250 employees (including offices in Bengaluru and Chennai) into Trinity's commercialization portfolio to accelerate analytics-driven commercial decision-making.
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- Buyer
- Hellman & Friedman, Vestar Capital Partners, New Mountain Capital
- Target
- Information Resources, Inc., The NPD Group
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) and The NPD Group (NPD) announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating a leading global technology, analytics and data provider focused on total retail purchasing and consumption trends. Hellman & Friedman (H&F) will acquire a majority stake in IRI and merge IRI with H&F portfolio company NPD; the merger was later completed.
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March 15, 2022
- Buyer
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
- Target
- GF Data
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) has acquired GF Data, a provider of middle-market transaction multiples and deal data. The acquisition integrates GF Data's subscription database and research capabilities into ACG's content and membership services to give middle-market dealmakers standardized benchmarks and greater clarity on purchase-price multiples and deal terms.
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February 24, 2022
- Buyer
- Verisk
- Target
- Infutor
- Seller
- Norwest Venture Partners
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) acquired Infutor, a provider of identity resolution and consumer intelligence data, and will integrate Infutor with Jornaya to form Verisk Marketing Solutions. The acquisition expands Verisk's marketing data and identity-resolution capabilities to help clients—particularly in insurance and financial services—improve first-party data enrichment and privacy-compliant marketing.
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January 12, 2022
- Buyer
- The Riverside Company, Buildout, Inc.
- Target
- ProspectNow
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
The Riverside Company has invested in ProspectNow as an add-on to its portfolio company Buildout, Inc. ProspectNow's AI-powered property and owner database will be integrated into Buildout's CRE SaaS platform to enhance broker prospecting, marketing and deal management.
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December 9, 2021
- Buyer
- Copley Equity Partners
- Target
- Spend Matters
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Copley Equity Partners has made a growth investment in Spend Matters, a Chicago-based tech-enabled data platform that provides procurement technology benchmarking and the TechMatch SaaS application. Spend Matters founder and CEO Jason Busch remains a substantial equity holder and will continue to lead the company; proceeds will be used to scale procurement offerings and expand into adjacent technology markets such as accounts payable, B2B payments, and supply chain analytics.
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December 7, 2021
- Buyer
- Torch.AI
- Target
- The DataTech Group
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Torch.AI acquired The DataTech Group, an Illinois-based data warehouse and analytics solutions provider, to strengthen its capabilities and expand support for U.S. Department of Defense and other federal clients. The acquisition brings DataTech’s expertise in data warehousing, decision support systems, and enterprise architecture into Torch.AI’s AI-powered Nexus platform to accelerate federal mission outcomes.
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November 15, 2021
- Buyer
- Gauntlet Funding
- Target
- AnyCurb
- Seller
- Danyal Ali (founder of AnyCurb)
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Gauntlet Funding has acquired AnyCurb, a Chicago-based real estate data and predictive analytics company focused on off-market home search and likelihood-to-sell modeling. Gauntlet says AnyCurb’s technology will be integrated into its upcoming Crucible platform to provide enhanced intelligence to the lender’s investors and clients.
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October 14, 2021
- Buyer
- Recognize
- Target
- SpringML
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Recognize, a technology services investment platform, made a strategic growth investment in machine learning and advanced data analytics firm SpringML. SpringML's founders will remain in leadership, Raj Mehta of Recognize joins SpringML's board as Chairman, and the partnership is intended to help SpringML scale organically and inorganically while expanding its Google Cloud and Salesforce-based analytics offerings.
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August 3, 2021
- Buyer
- Data Axle
- Target
- Exact Data
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Data Axle, a Dallas-based provider of data and data-driven marketing solutions, acquired Exact Data, a Chicago-based multi-channel direct marketing and data provider. The deal integrates Exact Data into Data Axle USA to expand Data Axle's SMB-focused data offerings and grow its SMB client base to over 40,000 organizations.
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July 22, 2021
- Buyer
- CorEvitas
- Target
- Vestrum Health
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
CorEvitas, a provider of curated real-world evidence and a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has added Vestrum Health to its organization. The acquisition brings Vestrum’s retina-focused EHR data analytics and real-world evidence capabilities into CorEvitas’ registry and analytics platform to expand specialty EHR data and RWE services for retina practices and biopharmaceutical customers.
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- Buyer
- Precisely, Clearlake Capital Group, TA Associates
- Target
- Infogix
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
Precisely, newly backed by Clearlake Capital and TA Associates, has agreed to acquire data governance and data quality provider Infogix. The acquisition expands Precisely's data integrity platform by adding Infogix's data governance, data catalog, data quality capabilities and strategic services; terms were not disclosed.
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April 19, 2021
- Buyer
- Kantar, Bain Capital, WPP
- Target
- Numerator
- Seller
- Vista Equity Partners
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Kantar has acquired Chicago-based Numerator from Vista Equity Partners, combining Numerator's tech-driven consumer panel and data capabilities with Kantar's global shopper insights. The deal expands Kantar's presence in the U.S. and Canada and enhances its data and analytics offerings to CPG, retail and advertising clients; Bain Capital and WPP have further committed investment in Kantar as part of the transaction backdrop.
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April 13, 2021
- Buyer
- AHEAD
- Target
- Vertical Trail
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
AHEAD has acquired Vertical Trail, a Chicago-based data and analytics consulting firm, to expand its cloud-based data engineering, data science and analytics capabilities. The acquisition integrates Vertical Trail’s cloud accelerators and partnerships (including Snowflake, Dataiku and Tableau) into AHEAD’s portfolio to help enterprise clients accelerate data-driven transformation.
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- Buyer
- Warburg Pincus, General Atlantic, Georgian
- Target
- SPINS
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
SPINS, a Chicago-based wellness-focused data and analytics provider, received a growth investment led by Warburg Pincus with participation from General Atlantic and Georgian. The capital will support SPINS' expansion of sales and marketing, new product development, retail partner value, and entry into new verticals.
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January 11, 2021
- Buyer
- Komodo Health
- Target
- Mavens Consulting Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Komodo Health has acquired Mavens Consulting Services, a provider of cloud-based software and Salesforce-powered solutions for life sciences companies. The deal expands Komodo's Healthcare Map-driven enterprise platform with Mavens' applications and services, accelerating product capability and global expansion; terms were not disclosed.
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October 16, 2020
- Buyer
- Prometheus Group, Genstar Capital
- Target
- Utopia Global, Inc.
- Seller
- Founders, Management, FTV Capital, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Trinity Private Equity Group
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
Prometheus Group has acquired Utopia Global, Inc., a provider of data quality, data migration and data governance software and services. The deal — the fifth add-on since Genstar Capital invested in Prometheus — expands Prometheus' asset management platform with Utopia's SAP-integrated master data management and machine-learning capabilities.
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January 30, 2020
- Buyer
- PDI Technologies, Inc.
- Target
- SwiftIQ
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
PDI Technologies (PDI) acquired analytics-cloud provider SwiftIQ on January 30, 2020 to integrate SwiftIQ's machine learning-enabled analytics and vendor collaboration capabilities into PDI's Offer Network. The acquisition expands PDI's data and insights offering for convenience retailers and CPG brands, enabling better measurement of promotion ROI and store-level optimization.
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January 16, 2020
- Buyer
- Accenture plc
- Target
- Clarity Insights
- Seller
- RLH Equity Partners (Riordan, Lewis & Haden | Equity Partners)
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Accenture has completed the acquisition of Clarity Insights, a Chicago-based data analytics consulting firm and portfolio company of RLH Equity Partners. Clarity, which has over 300 team members and serves enterprise clients across healthcare, financial services and insurance, will bolster Accenture's AI and data analytics capabilities in North America; terms were not disclosed.
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June 3, 2019
- Buyer
- Datavant
- Target
- Health Data Link
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Datavant has acquired Health Data Link to integrate the latter's academic and government-focused data linkage capabilities into Datavant's open health data ecosystem. The deal brings Health Data Link's network of over 40 institutions into Datavant's ecosystem of 200+ institutions and moves several Health Data Link leaders into Datavant management roles to expand capabilities for research and health system customers.
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January 31, 2019
- Buyer
- TowerData
- Target
- Xverify
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
TowerData has completed the acquisition of Xverify, an email validation provider that has verified over 11 billion email addresses since 2011. The deal brings Xverify's email verification capabilities and team into TowerData's email data and intelligence platform to improve validation accuracy, deliverability and marketing ROI for clients.
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- Buyer
- Definitive Healthcare
- Target
- HIMSS Analytics data services business
- Seller
- HIMSS Analytics (a subsidiary of HIMSS)
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Definitive Healthcare has acquired the data services business and related assets of HIMSS Analytics, including the Logic, Predict, Analyze and custom research products. The acquisition expands Definitive Healthcare’s healthcare data and IT purchasing intelligence capabilities by integrating HIMSS Analytics’ technology install and purchasing-contract datasets into its platform.
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January 11, 2018
- Buyer
- Trianz
- Target
- CBIG Consulting
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Trianz, a global digital transformation and technology services firm, has acquired CBIG Consulting, a Chicago-based Big Data and Analytics consulting business. The acquisition expands Trianz's analytics and data capabilities and adds CBIG's management team and expertise to Trianz's broader cloud, analytics and managed services portfolio; 7 Mile Advisors acted as exclusive buy-side advisor.
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