BIG DATA 50 The hottest big data startups of 2014 Jeff Vance Table of Contents A note from Feedzai ............................................................................................................... i Big Data Startup Landscape – Overview ................................................................................. ii About the Author ................................................................................................................. iv Introduction – the Big Data Boom .......................................................................................... 1 Notes on Methodology & the origin of the Big Data 50 ............................................................. 2 The Big Data 50 ..................................................................................................................... 5 Big Data for Security ................................................................................................................... 5 Feedzai .................................................................................................................................... 5 Fortscale .................................................................................................................................. 7 Vorstack .................................................................................................................................. 8 Poised for Explosive Growth ....................................................................................................... 9 Entrigna ................................................................................................................................... 9 Nuevora ................................................................................................................................. 11 Roambi .................................................................................................................................. 13 Machine Learning Mavens ........................................................................................................ 14 Oxdata ................................................................................................................................... 14 Ayasdi .................................................................................................................................... 15 BigML .................................................................................................................................... 16 Context Relevant ................................................................................................................... 17 Skytree ................................................................................................................................... 18 Sumo Logic ............................................................................................................................ 19 Built for Speed........................................................................................................................... 20 DataTorrent ........................................................................................................................... 20 MemSQL ................................................................................................................................ 22 ParStream ............................................................................................................................. 23 Tidemark ............................................................................................................................... 24 VoltDB ................................................................................................................................... 25 Analytics for Sales, Marketing, and Social Media ..................................................................... 26 BloomReach .......................................................................................................................... 27 NGDATA ................................................................................................................................ 28 Ninja Metrics ......................................................................................................................... 29 PlaceIQ .................................................................................................................................. 31 Pursway ................................................................................................................................. 32 SumAll ................................................................................................................................... 33 Teikametrics .......................................................................................................................... 34 Billion-Dollar Baby ..................................................................................................................... 35 Cloudera ................................................................................................................................ 35 The NoSQL Crowd ..................................................................................................................... 36 Aerospike ............................................................................................................................... 36 Couchbase ............................................................................................................................. 38 DataStax ................................................................................................................................ 39 ScaleArc ................................................................................................................................. 41 Splice Machine ...................................................................................................................... 42 Hadoop Darlings ........................................................................................................................ 44 Altiscale ................................................................................................................................. 44 Continuuity ............................................................................................................................ 45 Hortonworks ......................................................................................................................... 46 MapR Technologies ............................................................................................................... 48 Qubole ................................................................................................................................... 49 Platfora ................................................................................................................................. 50 Xplenty .................................................................................................................................. 51 Making Big Data Easy ................................................................................................................ 52 Alpine Data Labs ................................................................................................................... 52 import.io ................................................................................................................................ 54 Predixion Software ................................................................................................................ 55 SiSense ................................................................................................................................... 56 Focusing on Performance Management .................................................................................. 58 Big Data 50 ©2014 Startup50.com CloudPhysics .......................................................................................................................... 58 Concurrent ............................................................................................................................. 59 Search, Warehousing, and “People Analytics” ......................................................................... 61 LucidWorks ............................................................................................................................ 61 MammothDB ......................................................................................................................... 62 VoloMetrix............................................................................................................................. 63 Data Connections and Preparation ........................................................................................... 65 Datameer .............................................................................................................................. 65 Paxata ................................................................................................................................... 66 Tamr ...................................................................................................................................... 67 Trifacta .................................................................................................................................. 68 Big Data 50 ©2014 Startup50.com A Note from Feedzai At Feedzai, we’re excited to be a part of the 2014 Big Data 50,