{"id":412628,"date":"2010-03-10T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/?p=104931"},"modified":"2010-03-10T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T21:00:08","slug":"venture-capital%e2%80%99s-data-side-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/412628","title":{"rendered":"Venture Capital\u2019s Data Side Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/money.jpg?w=210&#038;h=136\" alt=\"\" title=\"money\" width=\"210\" height=\"136\"  class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-104940\" \/><\/a>From new data stores to large-scale databases to cloud-based storage services, it seems VC dollars these days are primarily flowing into two important (if somewhat unsexy) technology sectors: storage and big data. Which make sense, given that the continuous digitization of everything is resulting in a proverbial explosion of structured and unstructured data, in turn placing the systems under new kinds of stress. Here are some of the recent fundings that bring this trend into focus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Scale Computing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scalecomputing.com\/about\/press_releases\/scale_computing_secures_9.0_million_series_b_investment\/\">just raised<\/a> $9 million in funding in its second round that was led by by Benchmark Capital.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Pivot3, a company that provides virtualized servers and storage, raised $25 million from Focus Ventures and other investors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>RainStor, a structured data software company, <a href=\"http:\/\/rainstor.com\/news-blog\/news\/rainstor-raises-75-million-in-series-b-funding\">today raised $7.5 million<\/a> in Series B funding from Storm Ventures and Informatica.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been keeping track of this trend for nearly two years. So in order to get more context, check out these posts from our archives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/10\/02\/storage-startups-turn-cache-into-cash\">Storage Startups Turn Cache Into Cash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/04\/26\/who-will-cache-in-on-cloud-storage\/\">Who Will Cache in on Cloud Storage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/10\/25\/the-future-is-big-data-in-the-cloud\/\">The Future Is Big Data in the Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/07\/12\/big-data-and-real-time-web-a-confluence-of-streams\/\">Why Big Data &amp; Real-time Web Are Made for Each Other.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/08\/15\/how-yahoo-facebook-amazon-and-google-think-about-big-data\/\">How Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon &amp; Google Think About Big Data<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=104931&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=kyfCY8cVS44:1gTmo9KBfgI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/kyfCY8cVS44\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From new data stores to large-scale databases to cloud-based storage services, it seems VC dollars these days are primarily flowing into two important (if somewhat unsexy) technology sectors: storage and big data. 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