Startup: Veniam What they do: This startup’s goal is an ambitious one. Veniam intends to create the “Internet of Moving Things” by creating citywide vehicular networks that turn cars, buses and trucks into moving WiFi hotspots that connect these vehicles, mobile objects, and their end users to the Internet and to each other. Headquarters: Mountain…
Backed by $3.4 million in seed funding, content marketing startup Triblio helps marketers develop data-driven strategies to deliver actionable content with personalized CTAs, leading to better conversion rates. Startup: Triblio What they do: Provide content marketing software that helps marketers deliver proven content with personalized calls-to-action (CTA) to increase leads. Headquarters: Reston, VA CEO: Andre Yee,…
Founded by former Netezza execs, Cazena intends to “radically simplify and speed up access to big data.” Startup: Cazena What they do: This big data startup is still in stealth-mode and is being tight-lipped about their big data plans. Headquarters: Waltham, MA CEO: Prat Moghe, who previously served as SVP of strategy, products, and marketing…
BigPanda will use data science to help IT automate incident response management Startup: BigPanda What they do: Use data science to help IT teams automate the manual and time-consuming processes involved in responding to thousands of daily IT issues. Headquarters: Mountain View, CA CEO: Assaf Resnick. He was previously an investor with Sequoia Capital. Founded:…
From “Fast Data” to visualization software to tools used to track “Social Whales,” the Big Data 50 has it covered. The 50 startups in the Big Data 50 are an impressive lot. In fact, the Big Data space in general is so hot that you might start worrying about it overheating – kind of like…
MapR Technologies is one of the 50 top Big Data startups featured in Startup50.com’s inaugural Big Data 50 report. I included MapR as one of a handful of companies whose goal is to simplify Hadoop and transform it from a tool requiring specialized developers to one any business can use. MapR is backed by $110…
Raising early stage funding is no simple task. Many startups spend thousands of dollars and weeks or months on the road courting investors. A new funding platform from Santa Monica-based FlashFunders is designed to change that. FlashFunders was started by Europlay Capital Advisors, law firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, and co-founders Vincent Bradley and Brian…
A little over a week ago, I encountered the perfect storm of nuisances. That Friday morning, I was having the bathtub reglazed, meaning noxious fumes would force me out of my home office for several hours. Living in Santa Monica, I wanted to view this as an unexpected bonus day off, but my work was…
Interana’s Event-Based Big Data Solution asks the “Why” and “How” Questions Many Big Data Tools Overlook Startup: Interana What they do: Provide an event-based Big Data analytics solution that answers critical business questions on how customers behave. Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA CEO: Ann Johnson, who was previously a product manager at Intel. She has spent…
Startup: SentinelOne What they do: Provide endpoint security software that detects, models, and predicts threat behavior to block attacks on any computing device, including servers and embedded systems like point of sale (PoS) terminals. Headquarters: Mountain View, CA CEO: Tomer Weingarten. Previously he led product development and strategy for the Toluna Group as a VP…
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