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The 10 Hottest Big Data Startups Of 2021 (So Far)
Rick Whiting
Businesses are looking to next-generation databases, data management tools and big data analytics software to help them leverage huge volumes to gain a competitive edge. Here’s a look at 10 hot startups developing leading-edge technologies that help solution providers and customers meet their big data challenges.
Imply
Top Executive: Fangjin Yang, Co-Founder and CEO
Headquarters: Burlingame, Calif.
Imply, which calls itself the pioneer of “analytics-in motion,” develops a multi-cloud, real-time big data analytics platform that provides self-service analytics capabilities. The platform, for building analytics-driven applications, is powered by the open-source Apache Druid real-time analytics database that was developed by Imply’s founders.
This week Imply, founded in 2015, closed a $70 million Series C round of financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total financing to more than $116 million.
