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The Big Data industry is concentrated in key US tech hubs, with many leading companies based in California and New York. Firms like Dataiku have raised over $846 million, while ThoughtSpot has secured more than $663 million for its intelligence platform.

Beyond analytics, companies are applying big data to areas like account based marketing and financial automation.

Below is our list of 100 Big Data startups worth keeping an eye on.

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AppZen builds an AI-driven platform that automates financial operations for modern finance teams. The system helps companies audit expenses and invoices in real-time, aiming to eliminate manual review and ensure compliance.

HeadquartersSan Jose, California, United States
Year Founded2012
FoundersAnant Kale, Kunal Verma
Funding Amount$280.6M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top Investors500 Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint, Coatue, Riverwood Capital

6sense builds an AI-powered platform for B2B organizations to achieve predictable revenue growth by uncovering accounts ready to buy. Their technology helps marketing and sales teams prioritize their efforts by identifying anonymous buying signals across the web.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2013
FoundersAmanda Kahlow, Premal Shah, Viral Bajaria
Funding Amount$526M
Startup SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top InvestorsBlue Owl, Franklin Templeton, Insight Partners, B Capital, Sapphire Ventures

Statsig provides a platform for A/B testing, feature management, and product analytics. Their tools help teams optimize product development and ship with more confidence.

HeadquartersBellevue, Washington, United States
Year Founded2021
FoundersVijaye Raji
Funding Amount$153.4M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsSequoia Capital, Madrona, ICONIQ Growth, Dylan Field, Gokul Rajaram

TRM Labs develops blockchain intelligence solutions to help organizations detect and investigate cryptocurrency-related financial crime. Financial institutions and government agencies use their platform for transaction monitoring and wallet screening to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2018
FoundersEsteban Castano, Rahul Raina
Funding Amount$149.9M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsAlumni Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, B Capital, Quiet Capital, Y Combinator

BigID offers a data intelligence platform that gives organizations a clear view of their sensitive and regulated data. Their technology uses AI to automate data discovery, protection, and privacy, helping companies manage risk and compliance.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2016
FoundersDimitri Sirota, Nimrod Vax
Funding Amount$306.1M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries E
Top InvestorsAdvent International, Plug and Play, Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global Management

ThoughtSpot builds an AI-powered analytics platform that lets enterprise users explore their data through a simple search interface. Their technology translates natural language questions into live insights, making business intelligence accessible to non-technical team members.

HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States
Year Founded2012
FoundersAbhishek Rai, Ajeet Singh, Amit Prakash, Priyendra Deshwal, Sanjay Agrawal, Shashank Gupta, Vijay Ganesan
Funding Amount$663.7M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSecondary Market
Top InvestorsGeneral Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Ballistic Ventures

Dataiku created a centralized platform that equips companies to build and deploy their own AI and analytics applications. The software is designed for collaboration, allowing everyone from data scientists to business analysts to work together on data projects.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2013
FoundersClément Stenac, Florian Douetteau, Marc Batty, Thomas Cabrol
Funding Amount$846.8M
Startup SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries F
Top InvestorsWellington Management, Insight Partners, Battery Ventures, Lightrock, ICONIQ Growth

Redis builds a popular open-source, in-memory data store used as a database, cache, and message broker. The company is known for its commercial Redis Enterprise platform, which delivers the sub-millisecond latency required for real-time applications.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2011
FoundersOfer Bengal, Yiftach Shoolman
Funding Amount$356.8M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSecondary Market
Top InvestorsTCV, Francisco Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity

Hex Technologies created a unified workspace for data science and analytics that integrates SQL, Python, R, and no-code tools. The platform is designed for teams to collaborate on everything from simple queries to complex, shareable data applications.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2019
FoundersBarry McCardel, Caitlin Colgrove, Glen Takahashi
Funding Amount$171.5M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsAndreessen Horowitz, BoxGroup, Sequoia Capital, Snowflake, XYZ Venture Capital

Exabeam develops a security operations platform that combines analytics, AI, and automation to help teams detect complex cyber threats. Their technology focuses on user and entity behavior analytics, giving security professionals the context needed to respond to incidents quickly.

HeadquartersFoster City, California, United States
Year Founded2013
FoundersDomingo Mihovilovic, Nir Polak, Sylvain Gil
Funding Amount$391M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsNorwest Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, Acrew Capital

90 Additional Big Data Startups Worth Following

The top 10 are just a small slice of what’s happening in big data right now. Many of the companies getting attention are in analytics and AI, and they have collectively raised over $20 billion.

Some are just getting started, while others have been growing for years. Here’s a look at the other startups shaping the industry.

StartupMain IndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedLast Funding Round
Starburst logo StarburstAnalytics2017$414MVenture Round
Rokt logo RoktEnterprise2012$822MSecondary Market
Domino Data Lab logo Domino Data LabAnalytics2013$223.6MVenture Round
Axtria logo AxtriaAnalytics2010$446.2MSecondary Market
Hopper logo HopperMedia2007$729.7MVenture Round
FuriosaAI logo FuriosaAIAnalytics2017₩340BSeries C
Anaconda logo AnacondaAnalytics2012$233MSeries C
Firebolt logo FireboltAnalytics2019$264MSeries C
Trulioo logo TruliooData2011$474.8MSeries D
Crunchbase logo CrunchbaseData2007$106.5MSeries D
Massive Bio logo Massive BioAI2015$23.8MSeries B
SurrealDB logo SurrealDBData2021$26MSeries A
Sight Machine logo Sight MachineAnalytics2012$80.4MVenture Round
Sensor Tower logo Sensor TowerAnalytics2013$46MPrivate Equity
ClickHouse logo ClickHouseAnalytics2021$750MSeries C
HG Insights logo HG InsightsMarketing2010$18.3MPrivate Equity
Xanadu logo XanaduData2016$268.3MDebt Financing
Aerospike logo AerospikeAnalytics2009$241MVenture Round
DataDirect Networks logo DataDirect NetworksAI1998$309.9MPrivate Equity
MinIO logo MinIOData2014$126.3MSeries B
Zest AI logo Zest AIAI2009$357.7MSeries G
Price.com logo Price.comAI2016$31.5MVenture Round
SingleStore logo SingleStoreAnalytics2011$464.1MSeries F
Helix logo HelixData2015$403MSeries C
Kpler logo KplerAnalytics2014$185MPrivate Equity
Novata logo NovataData2021$51MVenture Round
Denodo Technologies logo Denodo TechnologiesData1999$336MPrivate Equity
Strider Technologies logo Strider TechnologiesAI2019$112MSeries C
Amperity logo AmperityAnalytics2016$187MSeries D
Biobot Analytics logo Biobot AnalyticsAnalytics2017$41.4MSeries A
CData Software logo CData SoftwareData2016$510MPrivate Equity
Kumo.AI logo Kumo.AIAI2021$36.5MSeries B
Hummingbird logo HummingbirdAnalytics2016$41.2MSeries B
Demandbase logo DemandbaseMarketing2007$318MDebt Financing
Atolio logo AtolioData2019$24MSeries A
Cornami logo CornamiData2012$212.9MVenture Round
Treasure Data logo Treasure DataAnalytics2011$288.1MVenture Round
Komprise logo KompriseAnalytics2014$87.7MSeries D
Galileo logo GalileoAI2021$68.1MSeries B
Citizen Health logo Citizen HealthAI2023$44.5MSeries A
Hayden AI logo Hayden AIAnalytics2019$193.4MSeries C
MOVA logo MOVAAI2021$1MPre-Seed
Funnel logo FunnelMarketing2014$133.8MSeries C
Tracxn logo TracxnAnalytics2013$16.5MVenture Round
Shipsy logo ShipsyData2015$31.6MSeries B
CreatorDB logo CreatorDBMarketing2019$4.7MSeries A
Cloudian logo CloudianData2011$256.1MPrivate Equity
Catchpoint logo CatchpointAnalytics2008$49.8MSeries C
ThroughPut logo ThroughPutAnalytics2017$11MSeed
Veezoo logo VeezooAnalytics2016$6.7MSeries A
IP Fabric logo IP FabricData2015$27.9MSeries B
Acceldata logo AcceldataData2018$105.6MSeries C
Avo logo AvoAnalytics2017$4.5MAngel
Pixalate logo PixalateMarketing2012$22.8MVenture Round
Pantomath logo PantomathAnalytics2022$48MSeries B
Mozn logo MoznAnalytics2017$10MSeries A
Plotly logo PlotlyAnalytics2013$18.4MGrant
Daybreak logo DaybreakAI2016$112MSeries A
DoiT logo DoiTAnalytics2011$100MSeries A
Redpanda Data logo Redpanda DataAnalytics2019$265.5MSeries D
Devo logo DevoAnalytics2011$481MSeries F
Osmos logo OsmosAnalytics2019$18MSeries A
CloudPay logo CloudPayData1996$375.5MVenture Round
Atlas AI logo Atlas AIAgTech2018$8.2MGrant
Auquan logo AuquanAnalytics2018$9.2MSeed
FireCompass logo FireCompassData2019$27MVenture Round
Tomorrow.io logo Tomorrow.ioAI2016$258.9MSeries E
Alembic logo AlembicData2018$71.9MSeries A
Infinidat logo InfinidatData2011$370MSeries D
Birdie logo BirdieAnalytics2019$9.1MSeed
Impact Analytics logo Impact AnalyticsAnalytics2015$76.7MSeries D
TileDB logo TileDBAnalytics2017$57.3MSeries B
Understory logo UnderstoryAnalytics2012$57.8MSeries A
Qumulo logo QumuloData2012$347.3MSeries E
Imply logo ImplyAnalytics2015$215.3MSeries D
Datalogz logo DatalogzAnalytics2020$7.1MSeries A
EchoTwin AI logo EchoTwin AIAI2024$8MSeed
Searchlight logo SearchlightAnalytics2018$19.5MSeries A
Evidation Health logo Evidation HealthAnalytics2012$259MSeries E
Impetus Technologies logo Impetus TechnologiesAnalytics1996$350MPrivate Equity
Siren logo SirenAnalytics2016$27.6MDebt Financing
Draup logo DraupAI2017$20MSeries A
82º Arctic logo 82º ArcticAI2022$10MSeed
MerQube logo MerQubeData2019$37MSeries B
Crusoe AI Data Center logo Crusoe AI Data CenterAI2024$15BUndisclosed
Qrvey logo QrveyAnalytics2015$11MSeries A
Chalk logo ChalkAI2022$60.3MSeries A
Ascend.io logo Ascend.ioAnalytics2015$50MSeries B
Accion Labs logo Accion LabsData2011$93MSecondary Market
Techcyte logo TechcyteAI2013$35.4MVenture Round

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