Big Data startup Platfora pulls in $20M to ‘make Hadoop amazing’

November 13, 2012 4:30 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Platfora, the startup that made a splash at the recent Strata conference with its flagship product to "unleash the potential of Hadoop," has raised its second round of funding.

‘Big data’ startup Platfora wants to unleash the potential of Hadoop

October 23, 2012 4:30 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Platfora, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed "big data" startup, unveiled the product it has been baking for over a year at Strata, a data-focussed conference today.

Hadoop data-management provider Platfora raises $5.7M months after launch

September 8, 2011 10:29 AM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

Platfora, a data management software provider based on Hadoop, announced on Thursday it has raised $5.7 million from Andreessen-Horowitz just a few months after the company was founded.

Hadoop is an open-source data-management software framework. It’s useful for companies that …