Data protection platform developer Actifio had received more than $307m in venture capital investment from investors including The Heritage Group.

Internet technology provider Google agreed on Wednesday to purchase Actifio, a US-based data management software provider that counts industrial holding company The Heritage Group as an investor, for an undisclosed amount.

Founded in 2009, Actifio provides a software platform that allows enterprise customers to speed up the recovery of data both on site and through cloud-based platforms.

The platform can automatically back up and protect customer data across a range of enterprise database products. Google said the acquisition will help…