Palantir, a firm that provides analytics software to government agencies and financial institutions to track everything from terrorist networks to investment opportunities, has just opened a $1.2 million round of rights and securities, according to Dow Jones VentureWire. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company is backed by In-Q-Tel, the Founders Fund and Reed Elsevier Ventures. It landed $35 million in equity last month. In June, VentureBeat ran a detailed story on Palantir's growth and ambitions.