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Futurum Group

U.S. tech-industry, pro-business

Owned byPrivately owned; founded and led by CEO Daniel Newman. No external investors on record — self-funded and bootstrapped since its 2015 founding.
FundingB2B client revenue: advisory retainers, custom and sponsored research reports, consulting engagements, lead-generation programs, and digital events for technology companies. Also generates revenue through its Six Five Media podcast and video network and, since 2025, through Futurum Equities, a sell-side stock-research arm targeting retail investors.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Futurum Group was founded in 2015 in Austin, Texas, by Daniel Newman as a technology research and advisory operation initially known as Futurum Research. The firm grew by positioning itself as an independent analyst house covering enterprise technology sectors including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. It bootstrapped its growth, taking no outside venture capital, and expanded through a series of acquisitions in 2023 spanning research, intelligence, media, and performance testing. In April 2024 it announced the acquisition of Techstrong Group, publisher of DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, and Techstrong.ai, significantly enlarging its media reach to tens of millions of annual views. Newman also co-founded Six Five Media, a podcast and video network where he and other Futurum analysts interview technology executives and discuss industry trends; this arm blends editorial content with access to tech company leadership in ways critics of analyst media note can blur editorial independence. The firm serves more than 260 global technology companies as clients and discloses that some research is commissioned and sponsored, though it states editorial news coverage is kept separate from client relationships. In 2025 it added Futurum Equities, a sell-side financial research arm covering major technology stocks. No major independent media-bias ratings organization has formally rated Futurum Group, which functions more as an industry analyst and trade media operation than a general-interest news outlet.

Sources

  1. The Futurum Group to Acquire Techstrong Media (BusinessWire)
  2. Futurum Group Disclosures and Policies
  3. Daniel Newman – Futurum
  4. Futurum Group Equities Research Expands with Sell-Side Analysis (BusinessWire)
  5. Futurum Group – Crunchbase Profile
  6. What the Next U.S. Administration Means for Cybersecurity – Futurum
  7. The Futurum Group Company Profile – Tracxn
  8. Six Five Media – Futurum

Profile compiled 2026-08-29; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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