Attensity provides

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and engagement applications for social

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(

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). Attensity's text analytics software applications extract facts, relationships and

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from

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, which comprise approximately 85% of the information companies store electronically.

History

Attensity was founded in 2000. An early investor in Attensity was

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, which funds technology to support the missions of the US Government and the broader DOD. InTTENSITY, an independent company that has combined Inxight with Attensity Software (the only joint development project that combines two InQTel funded software packages), is the exclusive distributor and outlet for Attensity in the Federal Market. In 2009, Attensity Corp., then based in Palo Alto, merged with Germany's

Empolis Empolis Information Management GmbH is a content management and knowledge management software company with focus on "smart information management". Products Empolis is a provider of Smart Information Management software. Smart Information Manage ...

and Living-e AG to form Attensity Group. In 2010, Attensity Group acquired Biz360, Inc., a provider of

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and

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solutions. In early 2012, Attensity Group divested itself of the Empolis business unit via a management buyout; that unit currently conducts business under its pre-merger name. Attensity Group is a closely held private company. Its majority shareholder is Aeris Capital, a private Swiss investment office advising a

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and his charitable foundation.

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, and Scale Venture Partners were among Biz360's investors and thus became shareholders in Attensity Group. In February, 2016, Attensity's IP assets were acquired by

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, and Attensity closed.

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History

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