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January 24, 2013

Interview: David Rowan, Editor, Wired UK (includes video)

David Rowan, the award winning editor of Wired UK magazine, is the keynote speaker at the upcoming Nimbus Ninety Converge event. He talks to Mark Young about the way that businesses must embrace disruption in the digital economy, 3D printing, big data, computer algorithms that write books and more.

November 15, 2012

Big data app development platform gets $10m

Silicon Valley start-up Continuuity obtains invetsment from multiple leading VCs, shortly after announcing big data app development platform.

Silicon Valley-based tech start up Continuuity has announced funding of $10m (£6.3m) from venture capital (VC) firms to back its service which allows developers to quickly and easily build applications on the Hadoop platform.

July 27, 2012

VCs go large on big data

Over $1bn and four-fold increase in venture capitalist backing for big data firms over last five quarters.

Venture capitalist firms have invested over one billion US dollars in big data companies in little more than a year and the figure is growing rapidly, according to the investment angel analyst organisation CB Insights.

June 27, 2012

Leading start ups big data focussed

A recent competition between innovative start ups saw two big data focussed companies emerge victorious.

Big data companies have been hailed as the greatest innovators as they claim top spot in IBM’s start-up competition.

Two big data specialist companies, SkyFoundry and StreetLightData, have been hailed as the greatest US innovators in their field, having won IBM’s SmartCamp Boston competition.

June 27, 2012

Leading start ups big data focussed

A recent competition between innovative start ups saw two big data focussed companies emerge victorious.

Big data companies have been hailed as the greatest innovators as they claim top spot in IBM’s start-up competition.

Two big data specialist companies, SkyFoundry and StreetLightData, have been hailed as the greatest US innovators in their field, having won IBM’s SmartCamp Boston competition.

May 25, 2012

Micro lending company secures $25m investment thanks to big data platform

Innovative platform for underscoring retail loans to low credit-score consumers is a hit with VCs after UK pilot.

A pay-day loan company has been able to source $25m in venture capital funding as a result of the innovative big data platform which drives its business.

Silicon Valley start up Global Analytics Holdings (GAH) has secured the investment to grow its Zebit company – a so-called ‘micro lending’ business which gives loans to consumers over short time periods at premium interest rate.