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Sell my data company: the buyers that say data is what they back

We read the own pages of 14 investors and acquirers and kept each one's words on what it backs. 11 of the 14 state data, analytics or information services as their focus; the rest show it through the companies they own.

Source: Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source

Term sheet

Who buys data companies, in their own words

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TermWhat they sayHow many
Buyers that state data as their focus 11 of 14 buyers
What kind of buyer private equity 4 of 14 buyers, 2 not stated
What data business it says it backs information services and proprietary data 5 of 14 buyers
The page, in its words stated on the buyer's own buyers' own pages 14 of 14 buyers

Who buys data companies

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Each row is an investor or acquirer whose own page says it backs data businesses, with its words on what it buys.

Investor or acquirerType of firmData business it backsHow the page says itIts page, quotedSource
Abry Partnersprivate equityinformation services and proprietary datastates it as its focusnot publishedAbry Partners about page
AME Cloud Venturesventure capitaldata infrastructurestates it as its focusnot publishedAME Cloud Ventures home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Amplify Partnersventure capitaldata infrastructureshows it through its portfolionot publishedAmplify Partners home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Databricks Venturesa data platform's venture armAI and data companiesstates it as its focusnot publishedDatabricks Ventures page
Hgprivate equityinformation services and proprietary datastates it as its focusnot publishedHg home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
MongoDB Venturesa data platform's venture armdata infrastructurestates it as its focusnot publishedMongoDB Ventures page
Motive Partnersprivate equitydata and analytics softwarestates it as its focusnot publishedMotive Partners home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Pamlico Capitalgrowth equityinformation services and proprietary datashows it through its portfolionot publishedPamlico Capital home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Snowflake Venturesa data platform's venture armAI and data companiesstates it as its focusnot publishedSnowflake Ventures page
Spectrum Equitygrowth equityinformation services and proprietary datashows it through its portfolionot publishedSpectrum Equity home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
STGprivate equitydata and analytics softwarestates it as its focusnot publishedSTG home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Tritium Partnersnot stateddata and analytics softwarestates it as its focusnot publishedTritium Partners home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Vestar Capital Partnersnot statedinformation services and proprietary datastates it as its focusnot publishedVestar interview page
Zero Prime Venturesventure capitalAI and data companiesstates it as its focusnot publishedZero Prime Ventures home page (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
Method and citation

Each buyer's own investors' and acquirers' own home, about and fund pages were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every buyer's own page, four questions were answered from its own words: what kind of buyer, what data business it says it backs, how the page says it, the page, in its words. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the buyer's own page read does not address the question. A buyer with several buyers' own pages reads 'varies' where they disagree. 14 buyers, 14 buyers' own pages.

“Who buys data companies”, Sell My Data Company, https://sellmydatacompany.com/ (updated 2026-10-28).

What happens next

Item 01
Tell us what the company sells, how big it is and whether it is trading or closing.
Item 02
We match that against what each buyer on the register says it backs.
Item 03
We reply with the buyers that fit and the route: a licence, a sale of records, or an adviser for the whole company.

No buyer on this register pays to appear or was asked to. Our fee is paid by the company: 12.5% of the deal, with a minimum, when we act as its exclusive agent to license its data, or 10%, with a minimum, when its data joins a bundle; for a sale of the whole company we introduce an adviser, and any fee a buyer pays us is credited to the company.

Frequently asked

Who would buy my data company?
Three kinds of buyer say so on their own pages here: private equity and growth equity firms such as STG, Hg and Spectrum Equity, the venture arms of data platforms such as Databricks Ventures, and venture firms that back data founders such as AME Cloud Ventures and Zero Prime.(Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source)
Do these firms buy a whole data company or invest in one?
Both. Private equity firms such as STG and Abry describe investing in mid-market companies, while the platforms' venture arms and the venture firms describe backing founders and funding rounds. The page's own words are quoted on each row so you can see which it is.(Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source)
What kind of data business does each one back?
5 name information services or proprietary data, 3 data infrastructure, 3 AI and data companies, and 3 data and analytics software.(Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source)
Does selling a data company need a government filing?
Sometimes. In the US, CFIUS can review a foreign buyer of a business holding sensitive personal data on more than one million people, and the Justice Department's bulk data rule bars some data deals with countries of concern. In the UK, an acquisition in the data infrastructure sector can need a mandatory notification under the National Security and Investment Act.(Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source)
Is my company on these buyers' radar if data is only a part of it?
Pamlico Capital, Spectrum Equity and Amplify Partners show data businesses among their holdings rather than naming data as a thesis, which suggests a company with a data product inside a wider service can still be in scope. Ask before you assume.(Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source)
Do you introduce us to these buyers?
Not straight away. We read your answers and reply with the buyers on the register that fit; with your written go-ahead we act for you on a licence of your data, and for a whole-company sale we introduce an adviser who approaches buyers. No buyer on the register pays us or was asked to appear.(Who buys data companies, in their own words: every row, with its source)

Worth knowing

Every figure sourced and dated.

Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

  1. STG (Symphony Technology Group) (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
  2. Tritium Partners (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
  3. Motive Partners (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
  4. Hg (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
  5. Vestar Capital Partners (Nikhil Bhat on information services)
  6. Abry Partners
  7. Spectrum Equity (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)
  8. Pamlico Capital (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page)

The question this page is here to answer

Which investors and acquirers say on their own pages that they buy or back data companies, and of what kind?

Tell us what the company does with data, its size and where it stands. We reply with the buyers whose pages fit and the route a deal would take.

Answered by Sell My Data Company, which reads every enquiry this page takes.

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