Big Data & Digital Marketing

Here is a list of 7 "new" companies that might make the difference in the realm of Big Data.

1. Palantir Technologies

Founded in 2004 and evaluated at $20B it is probably not a startup anymore

2. Crayon Data 

Big data for decision making

3. Neo Technology

Best known for its graph db Neo4j

4. Couchbase

The company behind the NoSQL db Couchbase server.

5. PromptCloud

Specialised in Data-as-a-Service

6. Snowflake

Big Data technologies for SMBs.

7. Saama Technologies

Is this a startup? Founded 18 years ago, it has clients such as Apple and Cisco

There are a lot of secrets around Palantir, and probably you would not expect anything different from a company that has received funding from CIA (actually Q-Tel, CIA's venture capital arm).

What is known is that its data-processing software is being used to fight terror and catch financial criminals.

Palantir is now raising $500 million at a valuation of $20 billion, surpassed only by Uber ($50 billion) and Airbnb ($24 billion).

I say it's time to merge sharing economy and data science!