Business research software and services provider Atheneum is eyeing market expansion in the US following funding from investors including Vogel Communications Group.

Germany-based research software provider Atheneum has raked in $150m of growth equity funding in a round backed by communications services firm Vogel Communications Group.

The round was led by growth equity firm Guidepost Growth Equity, which invested together with a select few of its limited partners, and included Crosslantic Capital Management, private investor Michael Brehm and Atheneum’s founding management team.

Founded in 2010, Atheneum operates a cloud-based knowledge sharing platform that connects businesses, consulting firms and investment funds to a…