Deep dives into the depths of ‘big data’ with $10M from Robert Davoli & others

“Big data” startup Deep Information Sciences has raised $10 million in its first round of funding to help its customers with a “new approach” to database architectures.

Demandbase hooks $15M to improve B2B marketing and real-time engagement

B2B marketing startup Demandbase has raised $15 million in new funding to help it add more sales members and push for growth in U.S. and European enterprises.

Funding daily: Money galore for Graph Search, weddings & robots

Here are today's tech funding deals, in no particular order.

Vasona Networks raises $12M to fix our mobile data congestion issues

Vasona Networks has raised $12 million in fresh funding to help it continue to fix bandwidth problems plaguing mobile networks and smartphone owners.

Storage startup SwiftStack gets $6.1M to take on EMC and NetApp

SwiftStack's software defined storage solution can run on commodity hardware, and is cheaper than building a storage system from scratch.

Evolv pulls in $15M to prevent the ‘wrong person ending up in the wrong job’

Evolv's "big data" tech to increase workplace productivity and tenure has attracted the attention of investors.

Bitglass nabs huge $10M first round for … it is a mystery

A huge sum of money, two computer-scientist founders with IT backgrounds, top-shelf investors ... all we're missing is WHAT BITGLASS ACTUALLY DOES. Sigh.

Pertino raises $20M so you can make a pop-up network anytime, anywhere

We can't believe a cloud company can explain its technology in such clear terms. Bully for them! Also, $20 million for them.

Foursquare partners with Visa & Mastercard to get you more check-in deals

Foursquare has teamed up with Visa and Mastercard to expand its check-in deals service that lets users earn better specials by using their credit cards.

Google’s Offer Extensions rolling out within a week, integrating deals with search

"It's a way better deal than Groupon," Kim said. "Also, advertisers can track this."

Think Big Analytics nabs $3M to help you with Hadoop

The Mountain View Calif. based startup leverages open source computing framework Hadoop and NoSQL to bring "big data" to large companies.

Pinterest’s next funding round could be valued as high $2.5 billion

Investors are seeing some major potential in Pinterest, which could raise a funding round valued as high as $2.5 billion.

Piston Cloud nabs $8M to bolster open source cloud adoption

Today, Openstack private cloud player, Piston Cloud closed an $8 million funding round. Investors see potential in the space, despite that it has become increasingly flooded with competitors, such as Hewlett-Packard and Rackspace.

Deal-crazy Oracle to buy Acme Packet for an astounding $2.1B

Oracle yet again shows its willingness to buy tech rather than create it.

Dell expected to go private as soon as Monday

Dell is inching closer to a $24 billion deal that would take the company private as early as Monday.

Box’s fifth funding round swells to $150M

As if $125 million were not enough, Box has expanded its gargantuan funding round to $150 million.

Seagate dumps $40M into Flash-storage startup Virident

Seagate will immediately start selling a complete line of Flash-based technologies to its other partners (including OEMs), and Virident will be using Seagate's ample marketing and distribution channels.

Belkin steps up as a buyer for Cisco’s home networking unit

Belkin is acquiring Cisco's Home Networking unit, the company announced today, including its products, employees and the popular Linksys brand, which makes routers for home access points.

Ed-tech startup says its Netflix-like recommendation tool will get you through college faster

With its acquisition of Degree Compass, well-funded startup Desire2Learn is exploring how predictive analytics can reduce the time it takes for students to graduate college.

Health care software biz Recondo Technology grabs $20M from Bregal Sagemount

Healthcare software and cloud solutions company Recondo Technology has received a $20 million investment from Bregal Sagemount to accelerate its growth in the booming healthcare sector.