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The 10 Hottest Big Data Startups Of 2021
Rick Whiting
Businesses are looking to next-generation databases, data management tools and big data analytics software to help them leverage huge volumes of data to gain a competitive edge. Here’s a look at 10 hot big data technology startups developing leading-edge technologies that help solution providers and customers meet their big data challenges.

Molecula
Top Executive: Higinio Maycotte, CEO
Molecula develops FeatureBase, an enterprise feature store that the company says “simplifies, accelerates and controls” access to big data for real-time analytics and machine learning applications.
In October market researcher Gartner included Molecula in its “Cool Vendor” report on data management companies.
Founded in 2019 and based in Austin, Texas, Molecula raised $17.6 million in Series A financing in January, capital the startup applied to accelerating the launch of Molecula Cloud and to expanding sales and marketing efforts.