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For Valley Engineers, Big Data and Networking Start-Ups Are Still Sexy

Mike Isaac in News on May 17 at 4:30 am PT

Consumer companies may be hot among investors, but big data and networking start-ups are hotter still to Valley engineering talent, according to a recent LinkedIn report. The study claims that analytics firms and networking start-ups like Cloudera and Arista Networks are garnering the most engineering mindshare. The study took into account the LinkedIn activity of more than 240,000 Bay Area engineers from January through March.

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DataSift Raises $7.2 Million in Venture Funding

Mike Isaac in News on May 2 at 4:20 am PT

Social analytics company DataSift announced another round of venture capital funding Wednesday, adding $7.2 million in a follow-on Series A round. The company — which aggregates data from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to package and sell to corporate customers — raised $6 million from IA Ventures and GRP Partners last year; the additional funds came from the same firms.