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Materialize scores $40 million investment for SQL streaming database

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Materialize, the SQL streaming database startup built on top of the open source Timely Dataflow project, announced a $32 million Series B investment today led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Lightspeed Ventures. While it was at it, the company also announced a previously unannounced $8 million Series A from last year that had been […] Continue reading Materialize scores $40 million investment for SQL streaming database→

Open-source leader Confluent raises $125m on $2.5b valuation

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Confluent, the commercial company built on top of the open source Apache Kafka project, announced a $125 million Series D round this morning on an enormous $2.5 billion valuation. The round was led by existing investor Sequoia Capital with participation from Index Ventures and Benchmark, who also participated in previous rounds. Today’s investment brings the […] Continue reading Open-source leader Confluent raises $125m on $2.5b valuation→