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The 10 Hottest Big Data Startups Of 2020 (So Far)
Rick Whiting
Businesses and organizations today are turning to next-generation database software and data management tools to help them manage the huge volumes of data they generate and collect. Here’s a look at 10 companies that offer ground-breaking big data software to help solution providers and their customers achieve those goals.
Starburst
Top Executive: Justin Borgman, CEO
Headquarters: Boston
Starburst markets Starburst Enterprise Presto, the vendor’s commercial edition of the open-source Presto high-performance, distributed SQL query engine for finding and analyzing data scattered across a variety of data sources. By providing access to data wherever it resides and the ability to query the data without moving it, Starburst’s software offers an alternative to traditional data warehouse systems.
In June Starburst raised an impressive $42 million in Series B financing, in addition to the $22 million the company raised in Series A funding in November 2019.
